Northwestern Regional High School

Northwestern Regional High School is one of the low-enrollment high schools in Winsted, Connecticut, operated by Regional School District 07, with 536 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 788 students per school, that is 32% smaller than typical.

Regional School District 07 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 754 students; Northwestern Regional High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Northwestern Regional High School lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.3:1 average. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Northwest Hills Planning Region runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Northwest Hills Planning Region reports that median household income runs about $93,551, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Northwest Hills Planning Region runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,539 students), of which Northwestern Regional High School is one.

Northwestern Regional Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 24%: 704 students in 2018 compared to 536 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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