Daisy Ingraham School

Daisy Ingraham School is one of the modestly sized elementary schools in Westbrook, Connecticut, part of Westbrook School District, with 292 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 378 students each, so Daisy Ingraham School sits 23% below that benchmark.

Within Westbrook School District, which oversees 3 schools and 584 students, Daisy Ingraham School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Daisy Ingraham School reports that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 25% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region) shows that the typical household earns roughly $104,428 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Daisy Ingraham School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Westbrook High School, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Daisy Ingraham School's enrollment has edged up 21% since 2018, when it stood at 241 (now 292). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 75% to 70%.

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