Silas Deane Middle School

Silas Deane Middle School is a mid-tier middle school in Wethersfield, Connecticut, operated by Wethersfield School District. The school teaches 546 students in grades 7 through 8.

Wethersfield School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,386 students; Silas Deane Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Silas Deane Middle School logs that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 25% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Capitol Planning Region as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 28% of students at Silas Deane Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Capitol Planning Region's rate of about 43%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Capitol Planning Region put median household earnings sit near $93,394, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), Silas Deane Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wethersfield High School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Silas Deane Middle School has showed little movement, going from 557 students in 2018 to 546 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 61% across the same window.

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