Winthrop STEM Elementary Magnet School

Winthrop STEM Elementary Magnet School, an average-sized elementary campus in New London, Connecticut, one of the schools within New London School District, instructs 449 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

New London School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 2,820 students. Winthrop STEM Elementary Magnet School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Winthrop STEM Elementary Magnet School reports that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 17% Black, 16% White, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Winthrop STEM Elementary Magnet School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Winthrop STEM Elementary Magnet School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 74% of students at Winthrop STEM Elementary Magnet School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 50%.

In the broader community, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,605 students), Winthrop STEM Elementary Magnet School is one campus in the mix.

Regional Multicultural Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 543 students in 2018 compared to 449 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 35% to 54% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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