John Read Middle School

John Read Middle School is a small middle school. Its address is in Redding, Connecticut. It reported 381 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Connecticut have about 521 students on average; enrollment here is 27% lower.

Redding School District (2 schools, 852 students) runs John Read Middle School.

White students are 82% of those enrolled at John Read Middle School. Next come 12% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 61% White among all Western Connecticut Planning Region residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.

John Read Middle School has 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1. The school's 10.4:1 compares with an average of 11.3:1 for middle schools in Connecticut. The school has 11% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 33% average for public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region is 21 points higher.

For the population of Western Connecticut Planning Region, median household income comes to about $128,188, roughly 56% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Western Connecticut Planning Region counts 149 public schools with about 90,520 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Redding Elementary School, is about 0.9 miles. There are 4 other public schools within five miles.

For locale, NCES codes John Read Middle School as Rural: Fringe.

Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 53 students, from 328 to 381.

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