Waterbury Career Academy

Waterbury Career Academy, a reasonably sized four-year high school in Waterbury, Connecticut, one of the schools within Waterbury School District, enrolls 709 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Waterbury Career Academy is one of 29 schools operated by Waterbury School District, a district that educates 17,123 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Waterbury Career Academy lists that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 26% Black, 13% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Naugatuck Valley Planning Region) logs 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. Waterbury Career Academy is one of 121 public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students).

The closest other public school is Woodrow Wilson School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Waterbury Career Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 17%: 851 students in 2018 compared to 709 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 46% to 55% over that span.

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