Kelly STEAM Magnet Middle School

Kelly STEAM Magnet Middle School operates as a moderately sized middle-grades school in Norwich, Connecticut, run under Norwich School District. Current enrollment sits at 593 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Across the 9 schools in Norwich School District (3,160 students total), Kelly STEAM Magnet Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Kelly STEAM Magnet Middle School records that 38% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% White, 18% Black, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

In terms of school funding signals, Kelly STEAM Magnet Middle School logs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages about 11.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region reports that median household income runs about $86,586, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,605 students), Kelly STEAM Magnet Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Norwich Technical High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kelly STEAM Magnet Middle School.

Kelly STEAM Magnet Middle School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 674 students in 2018 compared to 593 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 31% to 38%.

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