There were 59 Black students enrolled in Waterford School District in the 2024-25 school year, 3.3% less than in the previous year, according to the Connecticut State Department of Education.
Data showed that Waterford School District welcomed 2,281 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 2.6% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.
Waterford School District roughly covers schools within New London County and has a main office in Waterford.
Among the five public schools in Waterford School District, Waterford High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 16 students.
Connecticut’s public school enrollment has been in continuous decline over the past decade, falling to an estimated 508,402 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to state data. That represents a drop of about 4,250 students from the prior year and roughly 33,400 fewer students than a decade ago, extending a long-running downward trend in statewide enrollment.
A similar pattern also appears in nonpublic schools. Data from the Connecticut State Department of Education shows about 53,000 students were enrolled in nonpublic schools in 2023-24, slightly fewer than in 2019-20 and well below levels in the late 2010s.
| School Year | Total Enrollment | Total Black Students | % Black Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,281 | 59 | 2.6% |
| 2023-24 | 2,341 | 61 | 2.6% |
| 2022-23 | 2,338 | 56 | 2.4% |
| 2021-22 | 2,348 | 54 | 2.3% |
| 2020-21 | 2,367 | 73 | 3.1% |
| 2019-20 | 2,469 | 70 | 2.8% |
| 2018-19 | 2,519 | 61 | 2.4% |
| 2017-18 | 2,535 | 65 | 2.6% |
| 2016-17 | 2,535 | 79 | 3.1% |
| 2015-16 | 2,528 | 86 | 3.4% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Connecticut State Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
