Cromwell High School

Cromwell High School operates as a tight-knit 9-12 campus in Cromwell, Connecticut, overseen by Cromwell School District. Current enrollment sits at 515 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 788 students each, so Cromwell High School sits 35% below that benchmark.

Cromwell High School is one of 4 schools operated by Cromwell School District, a district that caters to 1,816 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cromwell High School records that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.3:1, putting Cromwell High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region) shows that median household income runs about $104,428, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,075 students), Cromwell High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Edna C. Stevens School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cromwell High School.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 562 students in 2018 compared to 515 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 68% across the same window.

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