Shelton High School

Shelton High School is a 9-12 campus of sprawling scale in Shelton, Connecticut, overseen by Shelton School District, works with 1,308 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 66% above the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 788 students.

Shelton High School is one of 8 schools operated by Shelton School District, a district that works with 4,303 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Shelton High School records that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Shelton High School shows 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.3:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region shows median household earnings sit near $86,191, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), Shelton High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Intermediate School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Shelton High School's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,444 (now 1,308). White enrollment moved from 72% to 54% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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