Marvin Elementary School

Marvin Elementary School is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in Norwalk, Connecticut, part of Norwalk School District, enrolling 375 students in grades K through 5.

Norwalk School District runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 11,341 students. Marvin Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Marvin Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 24% White, 10% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Marvin Elementary School lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Western Connecticut Planning Region (around 33%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Western Connecticut Planning Region indicate the typical household earns roughly $128,188 per year, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Marvin Elementary School is one of 149 public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students).

The closest other public school is Side By Side Charter School, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marvin Elementary School.

Marvin Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Marvin Elementary School's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 428 (now 375). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 47% to 58%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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