Reed School

Reed School operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Waterbury, Connecticut, one of the schools within Waterbury School District. Current enrollment sits at 439 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

Waterbury School District runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 17,123 students. Reed School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Reed School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 21% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Reed School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Naugatuck Valley Planning Region (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Naugatuck Valley Planning Region) logs that median household income runs about $86,191, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), of which Reed School is one.

Walsh School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Reed School.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 470 students in 2018 compared to 439 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 67% to 71% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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