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Seymour High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Seymour High School
Seymour High School, a small four-year high school in Seymour, Connecticut, run under Seymour School District, hosts 604 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 788 students each, so Seymour High School sits 23% leaner than that benchmark.
Seymour School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,091 students. Seymour High School is one of those campuses.
On demographics, Seymour High School records that 64% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages about 12.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region indicate median household income runs about $86,191, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), Seymour High School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Bungay School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a residential site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 660 students in 2018 compared to 604 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 64% across the same window.
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