Stepney Elementary School

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in Monroe, Connecticut, Stepney Elementary School instructs 512 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Monroe School District. Enrollment runs roughly 35% larger than the state mean of about 378.

Stepney Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Monroe School District, a district that educates 3,417 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stepney Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 17% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's rate of about 54%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region indicate median household income runs about $89,667, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region runs 91 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,880 students), of which Stepney Elementary School is one.

Monroe Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 18%: 433 students in 2018 compared to 512 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 66% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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