Dodd Middle School

Located at 100 Park Place, in Cheshire, Connecticut, Dodd Middle School is a reasonably sized middle-grades school that caters to 660 students (grades 7 through 8), overseen by Cheshire School District. Compared to the state average of about 521 students per school, that is 27% larger than typical.

Cheshire School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,236 students. Dodd Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Dodd Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 72%; the rest comes out to 9% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Dodd Middle School has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Naugatuck Valley Planning Region (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region indicate median household earnings sit near $86,191, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), of which Dodd Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Highland School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dodd Middle School.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Dodd Middle School's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 783 (now 660). The White share of enrollment fell from 78% to 72% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for Dodd Middle School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.