Pomperaug Regional High School

Pomperaug Regional High School, located in Southbury, Connecticut, is a mid-sized high school. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 970 students in 2024-25. Across high schools in Connecticut, the average enrollment is about 788.

District-wide, Regional School District 15 has 7 schools and 3,345 students.

White students are 78% of those enrolled at Pomperaug Regional High School. Next come 11% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 64% White among all Naugatuck Valley Planning Region residents. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at Pomperaug Regional High School are from different groups.

With 89.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.9:1. The average for high schools in Connecticut is 12.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Pomperaug Regional High School, 15% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 52% for public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region.

In the wider Naugatuck Valley Planning Region area, the median household earns about $86,191 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Pomperaug Regional High School shares Naugatuck Valley Planning Region with 120 other public schools.

Measured in a straight line, Long Meadow Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Pomperaug Regional High School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.

The school's enrollment decreased 15% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 12.9 in 2020-21 to 10.9 in 2024-25.

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