Walsh School

Walsh School is a primary school of average-sized scale in Waterbury, Connecticut, overseen by Waterbury School District, serveing 350 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Waterbury School District comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 17,123 students; Walsh School is among them.

Demographically, Walsh School records that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 19% Black, 3% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 87% of students at Walsh School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Naugatuck Valley Planning Region) reports that median household earnings sit near $86,191, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Walsh School is one of 121 public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students).

Waterbury Arts Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 19%: 434 students in 2018 compared to 350 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 64% to 76% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 8.5:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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