Calf Pen Meadow School

Set in Milford, Connecticut, Calf Pen Meadow School is a modestly sized K-5 school, overseen by Milford School District. It educates 269 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 378 students each, so Calf Pen Meadow School sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Milford School District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 5,110 students. Calf Pen Meadow School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Calf Pen Meadow School reports that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment; the rest consists of 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, 4% Black. By comparison, South Central Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Roughly 22% of students at Calf Pen Meadow School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, South Central Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for South Central Connecticut Planning Region put the typical household earns roughly $88,197 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Calf Pen Meadow School is one of 152 public schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students).

The closest other public school is Orchard Hills School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Calf Pen Meadow School's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 291 (now 269).

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