North End Middle School

North End Middle School is one of the middle-of-the-pack middle schools in Waterbury, Connecticut, part of Waterbury School District, with 766 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 47% bigger than the state mean of about 521.

Waterbury School District comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 17,123 students; North End Middle School is among them.

Demographically, North End Middle School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% Black, 6% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.3:1, putting North End Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 86% of students at North End Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's rate of about 52%.

Across the wider county, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,191 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), North End Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wilby High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North End Middle School.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. North End Middle School's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 898 (now 766). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 60% to 66%.

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