Terryville High School

Terryville High School is a small high school in Terryville, Connecticut, under Plymouth School District. The latest federal count shows 337 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Connecticut is about 788 students.

The district, Plymouth School District, operates 4 schools serving 1,233 students.

White students account for 72% of enrollment at Terryville High School. Other students are 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is higher than the 64% White share among all Naugatuck Valley Planning Region residents. By the diversity index, Terryville High School comes in at 44%.

Terryville High School's 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 10.7:1. That ratio is under the 12.3:1 average for high schools in Connecticut. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 54%. That is close to the 52% average for public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region.

Terryville High School is located in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, where median household income is about $86,191, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Terryville High School is one of 121 public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, which together enroll about 59,861 students.

Plymouth Center School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 381 to 337. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.7:1, from 12.3:1.

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