Mystic River Magnet School

Set in Mystic, Connecticut, Mystic River Magnet School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community, run under Groton School District. It caters to 520 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 38% larger than the state mean of about 378.

Within Groton School District, which oversees 7 schools and 3,953 students, Mystic River Magnet School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Mystic River Magnet School lists that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 31% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 7% Black, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 50%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region put the typical household earns roughly $86,586 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,605 students), Mystic River Magnet School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Robert E. Fitch High School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mystic River Magnet School.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

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