Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School

Set in Moodus, Connecticut, Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school, operated by East Haddam School District. It instructs 346 students across grades 4 through 8. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 521 students each, so Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School sits 34% leaner than that benchmark.

East Haddam School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 948 students. Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region shows median household earnings sit near $104,428, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,075 students), of which Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School is one.

East Haddam Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 368 (now 346). The White share of enrollment contracted from 93% to 89% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.