Veterans' Memorial School

Veterans' Memorial School, a modestly sized elementary campus in Norwich, Connecticut, run under Norwich School District, caters to 290 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% leaner than the state mean of about 378.

Across the 9 schools in Norwich School District (3,160 students total), Veterans' Memorial School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Veterans' Memorial School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 22% White, 17% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 50%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region) logs that median household earnings sit near $86,586, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,605 students), of which Veterans' Memorial School is one.

The closest other public school is Integrated Day Charter School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Veterans' Memorial School.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Veterans' Memorial School's enrollment has shrank 7% since 2018, when it stood at 313 (now 290). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 38% to 45% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.