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Wethersfield reports lowest K'6 class sizes in a decade, board discusses class-size guidelines
Summary
District officials reported Oct. 1 enrollment of 3,383 and a K–6 average class size of 16.73, down from 17.38 last year; administrators proposed drafting class-size guidelines for policy committee review in 2026 and flagged local hotspots with heavier loads.
Wethersfield School District administrators told the Board of Education on Oct. 14 that the district's official Oct. 1 enrollment is 3,383 students and that average class sizes fell to a 10-year low at the elementary level.
"Our total enrollment for Oct. 1 is 3,383 students," said Mr. Whidbey, district administrator, as he described the annual class-size report the board receives each fall. "At K–6, it's 16.73 students per class. That's down from 17.38 students last year."
The presenter told the board that the October 1 count is the official number submitted to the state Department of Education and noted enrollment by level: elementary 1,635; middle school 535; high school 1,122; and a 12-student transition academy. Middle school average class size…
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