Bucks Hill School

Bucks Hill School is one of the tight-knit K-5 schools in Waterbury, Connecticut, overseen by Waterbury School District, with 283 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% leaner than the state mean of about 378.

Waterbury School District runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 17,123 students. Bucks Hill School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Bucks Hill School logs that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 16% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Bucks Hill School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Naugatuck Valley Planning Region) reports that median household income runs about $86,191, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), Bucks Hill School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: North End Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bucks Hill School.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 31%: 408 students in 2018 compared to 283 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 68% to 79% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.