Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School

Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School is an elementary school of sprawling scale in Waterbury, Connecticut, operated by Waterbury School District, enrolling 590 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 378 students each, so Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School sits 56% bigger than that benchmark.

Waterbury School District comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 17,123 students; Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 23% White, 17% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region shows the typical household earns roughly $86,191 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School is one of 121 public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students).

Nearest neighbor: Waterbury Arts Magnet School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 590 (now 590). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 39% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.