Other / mixed grade configuration · Woodbridge, CT

Beecher Road School

Federal NCES profile for Beecher Road School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 37/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 090531001611
0/100100/10037/100
👥 S:T ratio
52
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
0
📋 Attendance
67
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Beecher Road School earns 37/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Connecticut median.

37
Resource Index · Typical
12.1:1
students per teacher
11.6%
free-lunch eligible
862
students enrolled

Beecher Road School has class sizes near the Connecticut median. Computed live against every Connecticut school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

862

Connecticut · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

71.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

12.1:1

vs 12.1:1 Connecticut avg

+0% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

11.6%

vs 36.4% Connecticut avg

-68% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Beecher Road School compares with Connecticut and U.S. medians

At or below state median
0:135:112.1:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Beecher Road School

Beecher Road School is a lower-poverty, large combined-grade school in Woodbridge, Connecticut, enrolling 862 students.

At 12.1:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the Connecticut median, within a few percentage points of the 12.1:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.

Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 11.6% of students eligible for free meals.

By headcount it is one of the larger campuses in Connecticut, bigger than 91% of state schools at 862 students.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 1,003 scored Connecticut schools.

Among 102 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Connecticut schools statewide, it ranks #100, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.

Its student body is led by White (66%) and Asian (15%) (diversity index 53/100).

Counselor access is stretched at roughly 1724 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.

13.1% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.

Woodbridge School District operates only this one school, so Beecher Road School has no district-mates to compare against locally.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Beecher Road School compares

Beecher Road School on the metrics families compare, against Connecticut and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Connecticut Connecticut avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 12.1:1 ▼ 0% 12.1:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 11.6% ▼ 68% 36.4% 51.7%
Enrollment 862 top 9% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

12.1:1
Leaner classes than 75% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
862
Bigger than 88% of US schools by enrollment, a large campus nationally.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
11.6%
free-lunch eligible - 68% below the Connecticut average of 36.4%
Below the 40% Title I threshold, among the lower-need profiles in the state; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
12.1:1
students per teacher - 0% above state mean
Top 60% in Connecticut - lower ratio than 40% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
13.1%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$22,014
per pupil, district-wide - below Connecticut avg of $23,870
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.5 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
5
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.6 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.6 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 65.5%
Asian 15.0%
Hispanic or Latino 10.0%
Two or More 7.1%
African American 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.2%

Largest group: White at 65.5% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 53.3/100

Simpson diversity index - at 53.3, Beecher Road School is more mixed than the Connecticut school average of 50.5.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Woodbridge School District, which includes Beecher Road School.

$22,014
Per student
-8%
vs Connecticut
Avg $23,870
+33%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 78.4%
State 18.0%
Federal 3.6%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Connecticut, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Beecher Road School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Beecher Road School

How many students attend Beecher Road School?

Beecher Road School has 862 students enrolled. It is a public school in Woodbridge, CT.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Beecher Road School?

The student-teacher ratio at Beecher Road School is 12.1:1, which is 0% higher than the Connecticut average of 12.1:1 and 23% lower than the national average of 15.7:1.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Beecher Road School?

11.6% of students at Beecher Road School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Connecticut average of 36.4%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Beecher Road School?

The largest demographic group at Beecher Road School is White at 65.5% of enrollment, in Woodbridge, CT. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 53.3/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Beecher Road School?

Beecher Road School has a Resource Investment Index of 37/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Beecher Road School a good school?

Beecher Road School earns 37/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Connecticut median. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Woodbridge School District?

None reported; Woodbridge School District operates only Beecher Road School as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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