Shelton High School

Shelton High School is a high-enrollment high school in Shelton, Connecticut. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 1,308 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 788 students for high schools in Connecticut.

Shelton School District is made up of 8 schools with 4,303 students in all.

The share of White students at Shelton High School is 54%, a majority. After that, the student body is 26% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Naugatuck Valley Planning Region is about 64% White. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Shelton High School are from different groups.

There are 91.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Shelton High School, giving a ratio of 14.3:1. High schools in Connecticut have an average ratio of 12.3:1. By family income, 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region averages 52%, higher than here.

In the surrounding county, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, median household income comes to about $86,191, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 121 public schools and about 59,861 students.

Intermediate School is about 0.4 miles from Shelton High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

In the federal locale system, Shelton High School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

In 2020-21, Shelton High School enrolled 1,281; in 2024-25, 1,308. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 14.3:1, from 13.1:1.

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