CREC Preschool at Progress Drive

CREC Preschool at Progress Drive, a very small elementary campus in Wethersfield, Connecticut, one of the schools within Capitol Region Education Council, teaches 118 students, covering grade pre-K. Compared to the state average of about 378 students per school, that is 69% leaner than typical.

Across the 16 schools in Capitol Region Education Council (8,762 students total), CREC Preschool at Progress Drive accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, CREC Preschool at Progress Drive logs that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 20% White, 14% Black, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the resource side, On paper, CREC Preschool at Progress Drive has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 52% 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, Capitol Planning Region runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Capitol Planning Region reports that the typical household earns roughly $93,394 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), CREC Preschool at Progress Drive is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Samuel B. Webb Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

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