New Milford High School

New Milford High School is a reasonably sized high school in New Milford, Connecticut, one of the schools within New Milford School District. The school caters to 1,150 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 788 students each, so New Milford High School sits 46% bigger than that benchmark.

New Milford School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,493 students; New Milford High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, New Milford High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment; the rest consists of 25% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Western Connecticut Planning Region) shows that median household income runs about $128,188, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Western Connecticut Planning Region's 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), New Milford High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hill And Plain School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around New Milford High School.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Milford High School has shrank 15%, going from 1,353 students in 2018 to 1,150 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 64% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, the feed for New Milford High School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.