Odyssey Community School

Set in Manchester, Connecticut, Odyssey Community School is a moderately sized K-5 school, overseen by Odyssey Community School District. It enrolls 410 students across grades pre-K through 8.

Odyssey Community School District is the operating authority for Odyssey Community School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Odyssey Community School shows that the largest single group is Asian at 26%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 24% White, 22% Black, 21% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Odyssey Community School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Capitol Planning Region) records that median household income runs about $93,394, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Capitol Planning Region runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), of which Odyssey Community School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Howell Cheney Technical High School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Odyssey Community School.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area. Odyssey Community School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Odyssey Community School has ticked up 25%, going from 329 students in 2018 to 410 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 43% to 24% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Odyssey Community School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.