P-TECH Norwalk

P-TECH Norwalk, a low-enrollment secondary school in Norwalk, Connecticut, operated by Norwalk School District, enrolls 388 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 51% below the state mean of about 788.

Across the 22 schools in Norwalk School District (11,341 students total), P-TECH Norwalk accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, P-TECH Norwalk lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 20% White, 15% Black, 9% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.3:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at P-TECH Norwalk qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Western Connecticut Planning Region (around 33%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Western Connecticut Planning Region shows median household income runs about $128,188, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. P-TECH Norwalk is one of 149 public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students).

The closest other public school is Norwalk High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

P-TECH Norwalk operates from a bedroom-community location.

On allk12, members of the P-TECH Norwalk community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.