Cloonan School

As a mid-tier junior high in Stamford, Connecticut, Cloonan School caters to 447 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Stamford School District.

Stamford School District comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 15,483 students; Cloonan School is among them.

Demographically, Cloonan School records that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Black, 11% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Cloonan School has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Western Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Western Connecticut Planning Region) reports that median household earnings sit near $128,188, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Cloonan School is one of 149 public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students).

J. M. Wright Technical High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 569 students in 2018 compared to 447 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 47% to 64%. Class-load math has fell: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.