Turn of River School

Turn of River School is one of the moderately sized middle schools in Stamford, Connecticut, part of Stamford School District, with 560 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

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

On the student-mix side, Turn of River School lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%; the rest looks like 22% White, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Turn of River School has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Western Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Western Connecticut Planning Region put median household income runs about $128,188, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Turn of River School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Newfield School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Turn of River School.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Turn of River School has edged down 12%, going from 636 students in 2018 to 560 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 48% to 58% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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