Mary R. Tisko School

Mary R. Tisko School operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in Branford, Connecticut, part of Branford School District. Current enrollment sits at 365 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

Branford School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,448 students. Mary R. Tisko School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mary R. Tisko School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school records 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against South Central Connecticut Planning Region (around 51%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Zooming out to the county, South Central Connecticut Planning Region reports that median household earnings sit near $88,197, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mary R. Tisko School is one of 152 public schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students).

The closest other public school is Francis Walsh Intermediate School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Mary R. Tisko School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Mary R. Tisko School's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 386 (now 365). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 8% to 12%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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