Tracey Magnet School

Tracey Magnet School is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in Norwalk, Connecticut, one of the schools within Norwalk School District, serveing 434 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Tracey Magnet School is one of 22 schools operated by Norwalk School District, a district that works with 11,341 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Tracey Magnet School lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%; the rest consists of 17% White, 14% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Western Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 33%.

Across the wider county, census data for Western Connecticut Planning Region shows median household earnings sit near $128,188, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Western Connecticut Planning Region's 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), Tracey Magnet School is one campus in the mix.

Jefferson Marine Science Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tracey Magnet School.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Tracey Magnet School's enrollment has rose 11% since 2018, when it stood at 391 (now 434). The Asian share of enrollment ticked down from 8% to 3% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.