Cheshire High School

Located at 525 South Main St., in Cheshire, Connecticut, Cheshire High School is a roomy secondary school that educates 1,208 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Cheshire School District. Compared to the state average of about 788 students per school, that is 53% bigger than typical.

Cheshire School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,236 students; Cheshire High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Cheshire High School reports that 72% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 12% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Cheshire High School records 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.3:1, putting Cheshire High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 17% of students at Cheshire High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Naugatuck Valley Planning Region (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the broader community, 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%. Cheshire High School is one of 121 public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students).

The closest other public school is Norton School, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Cheshire High School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 14%: 1,401 students in 2018 compared to 1,208 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 83% to 72% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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