Enrollment
197
Elementary
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 378
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWICH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 090312000678
Wequonnoc Magnet School
155 Providence St., Taftville, CT 06380 · (860) 823-4210 · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL197 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Connecticut public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Connecticut public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
168 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 44%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CT Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
27.6%
CT avg 50.5%
Math
17.2%
CT avg 45.9%
What this means: On the CT Smarter Balanced, Connecticut's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Connecticut schools, those numbers are about 51 and 46.
Source: CT Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like Wequonnoc Magnet School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wequonnoc Magnet School this school | 197 | 85.3% | N/A |
| Uncas Elementary School Norwich | 232 | 84.5% | N/A |
| A.B. Skane Center Bridgeport | 183 | 92.9% | N/A |
| Edison School Bridgeport | 181 | 91.7% | N/A |
| Thomas Hooker School Bridgeport | 288 | 81.9% | N/A |
| Northend Elementary School New Britain | 212 | 79.2% | N/A |
Matched among Connecticut elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Wequonnoc Magnet School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Connecticut | In Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #454 of 522 | #35 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #414 of 519 | #31 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 197 | #564 of 613 | #44 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #42 of 594 | #2 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.1% | #30 of 378 | #4 of 33 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
197
-74 (-27%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 269
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 197 | 19.2 | 10.3:1 | 85% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 220 | 20.4 | 10.8:1 | 85% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 228 | 23 | 9.9:1 | 79% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 25 | 10.8:1 | 79% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 18.4 | 14.9:1 | 80% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 245 | 17 | 14.4:1 | 80% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 260 | 14 | 18.6:1 | 83% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 227 | 15 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 269 | 14 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wequonnoc Magnet School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (274 to 197); teachers up 4% (18.4 to 19.2).
About Wequonnoc Magnet School
Wequonnoc Magnet School is a small elementary school with an address in Taftville, Connecticut. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 197 students. That is 48% below the average of about 378 students for elementary schools in Connecticut.
Norwich School District is the district for Wequonnoc Magnet School. It has 9 schools and 3,160 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Wequonnoc Magnet School is Hispanic, with 46% of students. The remaining shares are 22% Black, 22% White, and 9% multiracial. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
The school had 19.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.3:1. The gap from the 12.6:1 average for elementary schools in Connecticut is 2.3 students per teacher. The school reported 85% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region is 50%.
Wequonnoc Magnet School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of Connecticut public elementary schools.
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $86,586, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region's 88 public schools enroll about 36,605 students and include Wequonnoc Magnet School.
Moriarty Magnet School sits about 0.6 miles from Wequonnoc Magnet School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 74 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
279,971
Census ACS
Median income
$86,586
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
36,605 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Wequonnoc Magnet SchoolHow large is Wequonnoc Magnet School?
Wequonnoc Magnet School enrolls approximately 197 students in grades PK-05.
Is Wequonnoc Magnet School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wequonnoc Magnet School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wequonnoc Magnet School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wequonnoc Magnet School is approximately 10.3:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Wequonnoc Magnet School?
Student demographics at Wequonnoc Magnet School are roughly 22% White, 46% Hispanic, 22% Black, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Wequonnoc Magnet School?
Wequonnoc Magnet School is overseen by Norwich School District in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region.
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