Putnam Middle School

Set in Putnam, Connecticut, Putnam Middle School is a close-knit middle-grades school, run under Putnam School District. It hosts 353 students across grades 5 through 8. That puts it 32% below the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 521 students.

Putnam School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,164 students. Putnam Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Putnam Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 72%; the rest looks like 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Putnam Middle School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 54% of students at Putnam Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region indicate median household income runs about $90,589, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Putnam Middle School is one of 34 public schools in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 11,909 students).

Nearest neighbor: Putnam Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Putnam Middle School has expanded 35%, going from 262 students in 2018 to 353 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 84% to 72% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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