Wakelee School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
School pathway
Test scores
CT Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the CT Smarter Balanced, Connecticut's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Connecticut schools, those numbers are about 51 and 46.
Schools most like Wakelee School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakelee School this school | 366 | 37.4% | N/A |
| Cook Hill School Wallingford | 357 | 35.3% | N/A |
| Northeast Academy Magnet School Mystic | 392 | 36.7% | N/A |
| Alcott School Wolcott | 320 | 34.7% | N/A |
| Moses Y. Beach School Wallingford | 326 | 38.0% | N/A |
| Laurel Ledge School Beacon Falls | 313 | 36.4% | N/A |
Where Wakelee School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Connecticut | In Naugatuck Valley Planning Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #194 of 522 | #18 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #165 of 519 | #13 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #310 of 613 | #36 of 71 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #159 of 558 | #12 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #357 of 560 | #44 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.4% | #332 of 594 | #49 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #355 of 378 | #39 of 43 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 366 | 32.2 | 11.4:1 | 37% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 32.2 | 11.6:1 | 37% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 33 | 11.1:1 | 32% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 29 | 12.5:1 | 31% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 30 | 12.4:1 | 24% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 29 | 11.3:1 | 18% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 21% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 30 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 460 | 24 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (373 to 366); teachers up 7% (30 to 32.2).
About Wakelee School
Wakelee School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Wolcott, Connecticut. It reported 366 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Wakelee School is one school in a 5-school district, Wolcott School District, which enrolls 2,060 students.
White students are 71% of those enrolled at Wakelee School. The rest of enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 46%.
The school has 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.4 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Connecticut average 12.6:1. Of all students at Wakelee School, 37% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region report 52%.
In the wider Naugatuck Valley Planning Region area, median household income comes to about $86,191, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's 121 public schools enroll about 59,861 students and include Wakelee School.
Among nearby public schools, Wilby High School is closest at about 0.9 miles. Wakelee School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data show 362 students in 2020-21 and 366 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The ratio was 12.5:1 in 2020-21 and 11.4:1 in 2024-25.
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