Crosby High School

This page covers Crosby High School, a high-enrollment high school in Waterbury, Connecticut. It had 1,453 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 788 students for high schools in Connecticut.

The district, Waterbury School District, operates 29 schools serving 17,123 students.

The largest group at Crosby High School is Hispanic students, at 65%. Other groups make up 24% Black, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 20% of Naugatuck Valley Planning Region residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 52%.

Crosby High School reported 85.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.0:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Connecticut is 12.3:1. There are 1,206 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 83% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region averages 52%, lower than here.

In Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, home to about 454,969 people, median household income comes to about $86,191, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's 121 public schools enroll about 59,861 students and include Crosby High School.

Michael F. Wallace Middle School is the nearest public school to Crosby High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Crosby High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.

NCES assigns Crosby High School the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Enrollment increased 19% over 4 years, reaching 1,453 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 13.2:1 in 2020-21 to 17.0:1 in 2024-25.

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