📍 330 Bucks Hill Rd., Waterbury, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, 06704
Bucks Hill School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Waterbury, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. The school has 294 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Waterbury School District school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
Bucks Hill School enrolls 294 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% Hispanic or Latino, 15% Black or African American and 5.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 226 | 77% |
| Black or African American | 44 | 15% |
| White | 15 | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 3.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
238 of the school's 294 students (81%) 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.
Bucks Hill School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Bucks Hill School is one of 29 schools in Waterbury School District, based in Waterbury, Connecticut. The district serves 18,776 students district-wide and employs 1,341 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 294 students, Bucks Hill School is smaller than the district average of about 647 students per school.