Norwich, CT
Kids in Norwich
Public-school enrollment and staffing from NCES, plus bedrooms, childcare and how educated the adults already here are. This is not a GreatSchools ranking.
- Public-school students
- 34,508
- NCES CCD 2024-2025, regular and charter districts in this metro.
- Pupil–teacher ratio
- 11.1
- 3,121 teachers across 22 districts and 78 schools.
- Districts / schools
- 22 / 78
- Open regular, component and charter LEAs geocoded to this CBSA.
- Bedrooms you set
- 1
- A household this size usually wants a studio.
- Childcare in this setup
- $0
- No kids under 5 in the current household, so this is $0.
- Leftover with current kids
- $2,199
- After tax, rent and everything else.
Largest public school districts
The 12 biggest open regular and charter districts geocoded to the Norwich metro, ranked by students enrolled. District websites are the direct source for enrollment boundaries, calendars and programs.
- Groton School District
Mystic
- Students
- 4,009
- Schools
- 7
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.9
- Norwich School District
Norwich
- Students
- 3,291
- Schools
- 9
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.2
- Windham School District
Willimantic
- Students
- 3,153
- Schools
- 7
- Pupil–teacher
- 10.5
- New London School District
New London
- Students
- 2,918
- Schools
- 8
- Pupil–teacher
- 10
- East Lyme School District
East Lyme
- Students
- 2,500
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 10
- Ledyard School District
Ledyard
- Students
- 2,347
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.7
- Waterford School District
Waterford
- Students
- 2,281
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.2
- Colchester School District
Colchester
- Students
- 2,101
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 10.7
- Norwich Free Academy District
Norwich
- Students
- 2,097
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.1
- Montville School District
Oakdale
- Students
- 2,001
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 10.5
- Griswold School District
Griswold
- Students
- 1,823
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.2
- Stonington School District
Mystic
- Students
- 1,722
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 10.1
Source: NCES CCD 2024–25, LEA directory, membership and staff files. Pupil–teacher is students divided by reported teacher FTE.
Public schools by level
- Primary
- 46
- Elementary grades
- Middle
- 16
- Middle or junior high
- High
- 16
- Secondary grades
- Other
- 0
- K–12, ungraded, alternative
78 open public schools in the NCES CCD 2024–25 school directory, grouped by the level NCES assigns from grades offered.
Where the Norwich metro sits
Roughly the core of the Norwich, CT metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
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If this were a family of four
Two adults, two kids, one under five, three bedrooms: leftover in Norwich would be -$455 a month, with $1,174 going to childcare. Run that household on the paycheck page →
Enrollment and staffing: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, joined to metros with NCES EDGE LEA geocodes. Childcare is a national baseline scaled by this metro's cost index — not a daycare quote. No test-score rankings.