CREC Preschool at Progress Drive

CREC Preschool at Progress Drive is a very small elementary school in Wethersfield, Connecticut, (ZIP code 06109). The school counted 118 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K. That is 69% below the average of about 378 students for elementary schools in Connecticut.

Capitol Region Education Council has 16 schools; together they serve 8,762 students.

The student body at CREC Preschool at Progress Drive is 52% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% White, 14% Black, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 18%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.

Its ratio of 16.9:1 is based on 7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Connecticut is 12.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 52% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Capitol Planning Region average 43%.

Looking at the county, Capitol Planning Region, the median household earns about $93,394 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Capitol Planning Region has 286 public schools with about 137,047 students, including CREC Preschool at Progress Drive.

Samuel B. Webb Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from CREC Preschool at Progress Drive, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

Federal data place CREC Preschool at Progress Drive in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

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