NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools CT

Best-Resourced Schools in Willimantic, CT

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

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6
Schools
2,295
Students
39/100
Avg Resource Index
9.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Willimantic has more public-school enrollment than 17% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Willimantic is a comparatively small school market by total enrollment, yet its average student-teacher ratio is lower than most cities in the national comparison set. Small scale can make that staffing pattern easier to sustain, but it can also limit the breadth of specialized programs available at any one campus. The school list below shows whether students are concentrated in one combined-grade campus or distributed across separate elementary, middle, and high-school settings.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

3 of the 6 listed Willimantic schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Willimantic's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 41st percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 99th percentile. The 58-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 83%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
41st percentile
Teacher staffing
99th percentile

Windham High School accounts for 27.6% of all Willimantic public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Willimantic-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

Willimantic school enrollment varies 5.1× across entities

Willimantic school enrollment ranges from 123 students (lowest) to 633 students (highest), a spread of 510 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

Willimantic reports 60.3% 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

Willimantic student-teacher ratio is 9.1:1 — 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. Windham Technical High School 47
2. Arts at the Capitol Theater Magnet School (Act) 43
3. Windham High School 42
4. Windham Middle School 38
5. W. B. Sweeney School 33
6. Natchaug School 31

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Willimantic

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 Arts at the Capitol Theater Magnet School (Act) 61.9/100
  2. 2 Windham Technical High School 55.7/100
  3. 3 W. B. Sweeney School 41.4/100
  4. 4 Windham Middle School 37.1/100
  5. 5 Natchaug School 35.2/100

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Which Willimantic school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Windham Technical High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Willimantic schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Willimantic, CT? ▼

Willimantic has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,295 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 9.1:1.

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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.