NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools CT

Best-Resourced Schools in Ansonia, CT

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5 public K-12 schools in Ansonia from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools
2,961
Students
34.6/100
Avg Resource Index
14.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Ansonia has more public-school enrollment than 28% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Ansonia's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of Ansonia's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Ansonia's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 24th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 65th percentile. The 41-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 72%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
24th percentile
Teacher staffing
65th percentile

Emmett O'brien Technical High School accounts for 20.9% of all Ansonia public-school enrollment

That concentration means Ansonia-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Ansonia reports 50.8% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Ansonia student-teacher ratio is 14.2:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Ansonia is typically wider than the Ansonia-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Emmett O'brien Technical High School 42
2. Ansonia High School 42
3. Mead School 31
4. Prendergast School 30
5. Ansonia Middle School 28

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Ansonia

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Ansonia High School 67.4/100
  2. 2 Prendergast School 67.1/100
  3. 3 Emmett O'brien Technical High School 64.4/100
  4. 4 Mead School 64.2/100
  5. 5 Ansonia Middle School 63.9/100

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Which Ansonia school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Emmett O'brien Technical High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Ansonia schools in this federal-data comparison at 42/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Ansonia, CT? ▼

Ansonia has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,961 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.