Nathan Hale-Ray High School

Nathan Hale-Ray High School is a very small high school in Moodus, Connecticut, under East Haddam School District. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 262 students. That puts enrollment 67% below the 788-student average for high schools in Connecticut.

East Haddam School District enrolls 948 students in 3 schools, including Nathan Hale-Ray High School.

The share of White students at Nathan Hale-Ray High School is 87%. The remaining students are 9% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Nathan Hale-Ray High School scores 23%.

The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.9:1. Statewide, high schools in Connecticut average 12.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 29% of the student body. That is in line with the 32% average for public schools in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region.

For the population of Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, the median household earns about $104,428 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Nathan Hale-Ray High School shares Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region with 56 other public schools.

East Haddam Elementary School sits about 0.6 miles from Nathan Hale-Ray High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.

Federal enrollment counts decreased from 294 (2020-21) to 262 (2024-25).

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