Moriarty Magnet School

Set in Norwich, Connecticut, Moriarty Magnet School is a mid-sized K-5 school, overseen by Norwich School District. It enrolls 404 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Norwich School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,160 students. Moriarty Magnet School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Moriarty Magnet School reports that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 34% White, 17% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region put median household earnings sit near $86,586, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Moriarty Magnet School is one of 88 public schools in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 36,605 students).

Wequonnoc Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Moriarty Magnet School has held roughly steady, going from 406 students in 2018 to 404 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 32% to 39% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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