Carrington School

Carrington School is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in Waterbury, Connecticut, operated by Waterbury School District, teacheing 455 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 378 students per school, that is 20% larger than typical.

Carrington School is one of 29 schools operated by Waterbury School District, a district that educates 17,123 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Carrington School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 22% Black, 17% White, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Naugatuck Valley Planning Region (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region indicate median household income runs about $86,191, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), of which Carrington School is one.

Swift Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carrington School.

Carrington School operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carrington School has decreased 6%, going from 483 students in 2018 to 455 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 42% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Carrington School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.