Thomas W. Mahan School

Thomas W. Mahan School operates as a small elementary-level community in Norwich, Connecticut, one of the schools within Norwich School District. Current enrollment sits at 257 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 32% smaller than the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 378 students.

Thomas W. Mahan School is one of 9 schools operated by Norwich School District, a district that works with 3,160 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Thomas W. Mahan School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% White, 19% Asian, 12% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Thomas W. Mahan School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region) logs that median household earnings sit near $86,586, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Thomas W. Mahan School is one of 88 public schools in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 36,605 students).

Nearest neighbor: Three Rivers Middle College Magnet School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Thomas W. Mahan School's enrollment has climbed 4% since 2018, when it stood at 248 (now 257). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 20% to 32%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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