Moses Y. Beach School

Set in Wallingford, Connecticut, Moses Y. Beach School is a medium-sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within Wallingford School District. It caters to 326 students across grades pre-K through 2.

Within Wallingford School District, which oversees 12 schools and 5,087 students, Moses Y. Beach School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Moses Y. Beach School lists that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the resource side, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, South Central Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (South Central Connecticut Planning Region) reports that the typical household earns roughly $88,197 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Moses Y. Beach 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 Rock Hill School, roughly 1.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Moses Y. Beach School.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Moses Y. Beach School's enrollment has ticked down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 344 (now 326). White enrollment moved from 78% to 70% across the same window.

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