Charles Barnum Magnet School

Charles Barnum Magnet School is an elementary school in Groton, Connecticut, reachable at (860) 449-5640. It enrolls 339 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.

Besides Charles Barnum Magnet School, Groton School District runs 6 other schools. The district enrolls 3,953 students.

The largest group at Charles Barnum Magnet School is White students, at 51%. Other groups make up 27% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Black, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 74% of Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.

The school has 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.8 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Connecticut average 12.6:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Charles Barnum Magnet School, 51% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region is close, at 50%.

American Community Survey estimates for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region show that the median household earns about $86,586 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, 88 public schools serve about 36,605 students.

Winthrop STEM Elementary Magnet School is about 2.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.

Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 12 students, from 351 to 339. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.8:1.

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