Toquam Magnet School

Toquam Magnet School, a mid-sized elementary school in Stamford, Connecticut, part of Stamford School District, serves 532 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 378 students each, so Toquam Magnet School sits 41% bigger than that benchmark.

Stamford School District comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 15,483 students; Toquam Magnet School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Toquam Magnet School shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school reports 12% White, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at school resources, Toquam Magnet School records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Western Connecticut Planning Region (around 33%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the broader community, census data for Western Connecticut Planning Region shows the typical household earns roughly $128,188 per year, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Toquam Magnet School is one of 149 public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students).

Dolan School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Toquam Magnet School.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Toquam Magnet School's enrollment has declined 18% since 2018, when it stood at 648 (now 532). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 56% to 70% over that span.

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