Silvermine Dual Language Magnet School

Silvermine Dual Language Magnet School is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in Norwalk, Connecticut, part of Norwalk School District, with 428 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Silvermine Dual Language Magnet School is one of 22 schools operated by Norwalk School District, a district that serves 11,341 students overall.

Demographically, Silvermine Dual Language Magnet School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). Beyond that, the school records 8% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Silvermine Dual Language Magnet School shows 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Western Connecticut Planning Region (around 33%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Western Connecticut Planning Region indicate median household income runs about $128,188, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Western Connecticut Planning Region runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), of which Silvermine Dual Language Magnet School is one.

The closest other public school is West Rocks Middle School, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Silvermine Dual Language Magnet School's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 477 (now 428). Hispanic enrollment moved from 70% to 81% across the same window.

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