Plumb Hill Middle School

Plumb Hill Middle School is a junior high of low-enrollment scale in Litchfield, Connecticut, overseen by Regional School District 20, teacheing 351 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 521 students per school, that is 33% smaller than typical.

Across the 7 schools in Regional School District 20 (1,606 students total), Plumb Hill Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Plumb Hill Middle School records that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Northwest Hills Planning Region (around 37%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Northwest Hills Planning Region indicate median household income runs about $93,551, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Plumb Hill Middle School is one of 50 public schools in Northwest Hills Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 14,539 students).

Litchfield High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

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