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Windham Technical High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Windham Technical High School
Windham Technical High School operates as a small four-year high school in Willimantic, Connecticut, operated by Connecticut Technical Education and Career System. Current enrollment sits at 510 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 35% below the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 788 students.
Connecticut Technical Education and Career System runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 11,296 students. Windham Technical High School is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Windham Technical High School shows that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 40% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.3:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region indicate median household income runs about $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), Windham Technical High School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Windham High School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The school occupies a town-based site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 12%: 454 students in 2018 compared to 510 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 61% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 8.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.
Inside the community feed, members of the Windham Technical High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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