Wequonnoc Magnet School

Wequonnoc Magnet School is one of the modestly sized elementary schools in Taftville, Connecticut, run under Norwich School District, with 197 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 378 students per school, that is 48% below typical.

Within Norwich School District, which oversees 9 schools and 3,160 students, Wequonnoc Magnet School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Wequonnoc Magnet School records that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 22% Black, 22% White, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Wequonnoc Magnet School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region reports that median household earnings sit near $86,586, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,605 students), Wequonnoc Magnet School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Moriarty Magnet School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 28%: 274 students in 2018 compared to 197 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 35% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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