South Windsor High School

South Windsor, Connecticut, is home to South Windsor High School, a high-enrollment high school. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 1,442 students. Against the 788-student average for high schools in Connecticut, enrollment here is 83% higher.

District-wide, South Windsor School District has 6 schools and 4,979 students.

Enrollment at South Windsor High School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 44%. Other reported shares: 33% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 64% White among all Capitol Planning Region residents. South Windsor High School has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Dividing enrollment by its 126.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.4:1. Among high schools in Connecticut, the typical ratio is 12.3:1. Eligible students account for 19% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That rate is below the 43% average among public schools in Capitol Planning Region.

According to the American Community Survey, in Capitol Planning Region, median household income is about $93,394, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 286 public schools operate in Capitol Planning Region, serving about 137,047 students.

The next-closest public school is Eli Terry School, about 1.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The 2024-25 enrollment of 1,442 was 12% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 1,282. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 11.4:1, from 10.3:1.

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