NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools CT

Best-Resourced Schools in Bethel, CT

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

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5
Schools
3,188
Students
44.8/100
Avg Resource Index
13.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Bethel has more public-school enrollment than 32% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Bethel's 5 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Bethel's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 10-point gap between Bethel Middle School and Ralph M. T. Johnson School shows the range hidden by Bethel's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 68%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
69th percentile
Teacher staffing
76th percentile

Bethel High School accounts for 34.4% of all Bethel public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Bethel-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

Bethel school enrollment varies 3.6× across entities

Bethel school enrollment ranges from 303 students (lowest) to 1,097 students (highest), a spread of 794 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bethel operates one school district — a single-district system

Bethel's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bethel student-teacher ratio is 13.3:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Bethel Middle School 49
2. Bethel High School 47
3. Frank a. Berry School 47
4. Anna H. Rockwell School 42
5. Ralph M. T. Johnson School 39

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Bethel

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 Ralph M. T. Johnson School 64.9/100
  2. 2 Bethel Middle School 62.5/100
  3. 3 Anna H. Rockwell School 62.3/100
  4. 4 Bethel High School 59.6/100
  5. 5 Frank a. Berry School 59.4/100

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Which Bethel school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Bethel Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Bethel schools in this federal-data comparison at 49/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Bethel, CT? ▼

Bethel has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,188 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.3:1.

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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.