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Roton Middle School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Roton Middle School
Located at 201 Highland Avenue, in Norwalk, Connecticut, Roton Middle School is an average-sized middle school that hosts 463 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Norwalk School District.
Norwalk School District comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 11,341 students; Roton Middle School is among them.
Demographically, Roton Middle School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 24% White, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, Roton Middle School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Western Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 33%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Western Connecticut Planning Region) records that median household earnings sit near $128,188, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Western Connecticut Planning Region runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), of which Roton Middle School is one.
Brien McMahon High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Looking at the recent track record. Roton Middle School's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 509 (now 463). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 45% to 57%.
On the community side, the feed for Roton Middle School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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