Mead School

Mead School is a sprawling elementary-level community in Ansonia, Connecticut, one of the schools within Ansonia School District. The school instructs 578 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 378 students per school, that is 53% bigger than typical.

Mead School is one of 4 schools operated by Ansonia School District, a district that works with 2,343 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Mead School records that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 23% Black, 19% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Mead School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), Mead School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Prendergast School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mead School has shrank 6%, going from 612 students in 2018 to 578 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 29% to 19% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.