East Lyme Middle School

East Lyme Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Niantic, Connecticut, one of the schools in East Lyme School District. Its 716 students are spread across grades 5 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Connecticut is about 521 students.

East Lyme Middle School is one school in a 5-school district, East Lyme School District, which enrolls 2,411 students.

East Lyme Middle School is 70% White by enrollment. Other students are 12% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. The county population is about 74% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.7:1, with 61.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in Connecticut average 11.3:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at East Lyme Middle School is 28%. On average, public schools in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region report 50%.

Measured against Connecticut public middle schools, East Lyme Middle School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

County data help place the school in context: in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, the median household income is $86,586, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region is home to 88 public schools and about 36,605 public school students.

Of nearby public schools, Lillie B. Haynes School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of East Lyme Middle School.

The NCES locale for East Lyme Middle School is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Enrollment has fallen by 26 students since 2020-21, to 716. By 2024-25, the school had 11.7 students per teacher, compared with 10.3 in 2020-21.

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