Victoria Soto Preschool

Set in Stratford, Connecticut, Victoria Soto Preschool is a close-knit elementary campus, overseen by Stratford School District. It hosts 217 students across grade pre-K. That puts it 43% smaller than the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 378 students.

Stratford School District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,388 students. Victoria Soto Preschool is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Victoria Soto Preschool reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 25% White, 25% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 31.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,667 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's 91 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,880 students), Victoria Soto Preschool is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Johnson House Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Victoria Soto Preschool operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Victoria Soto Preschool's enrollment has declined 20% since 2018, when it stood at 271 (now 217). White enrollment moved from 40% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 31.0:1 today.

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