Gilmartin School

Gilmartin School is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in Waterbury, Connecticut, run under Waterbury School District, with 462 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 22% above the state mean of about 378.

Within Waterbury School District, which oversees 29 schools and 17,123 students, Gilmartin School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Gilmartin School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 17% Black, 6% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Naugatuck Valley Planning Region (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region put the typical household earns roughly $86,191 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), Gilmartin School is one campus in the mix.

Hopeville School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Gilmartin School operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Gilmartin School's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 486 (now 462). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 51% to 68% over that span.

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