📍 120 Church St., Newington, Capitol Planning Region, 06111
John Paterson School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Newington, Capitol Planning Region. The school has 442 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Newington School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
John Paterson School enrolls 442 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 6.1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 251 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 118 | 27% |
| Asian | 27 | 6.1% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 5.7% |
| Black or African American | 21 | 4.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
157 of the school's 442 students (36%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
John Paterson School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students.
John Paterson School is one of 7 schools in Newington School District, based in Newington, Connecticut. The district serves 3,855 students district-wide and employs 311 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 442 students, John Paterson School is smaller than the district average of about 551 students per school.
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