Derby Middle School

As a small 6-8 campus in Derby, Connecticut, Derby Middle School works with 300 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Derby School District. Enrollment runs roughly 42% below the state mean of about 521.

Derby Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by Derby School District, a district that works with 1,289 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Derby Middle School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 26% White, 21% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.3:1, putting Derby Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at Derby Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Naugatuck Valley Planning Region (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region reports that median household earnings sit near $86,191, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), of which Derby Middle School is one.

Derby High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Derby Middle School.

Derby Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Derby Middle School's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 351 (now 300). Over the same period, the White share fell from 47% to 26%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.