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Enrollment Analysis: Black students comprised 3.6% of Tolland County’s student body in 2023-24 school year

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Charlene M. Russell-Tucker, Commissioner for the Connecticut State Department of Education | https://portal.ct.gov/

Charlene M. Russell-Tucker, Commissioner for the Connecticut State Department of Education | https://portal.ct.gov/

There were 643 Black students enrolled in Tolland County in the 2023-24 school year, 3.7% more than the previous year, according to the according to the Connecticut State Department of Education.

Data showed that Tolland County welcomed 17,729 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 3.6% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 42 schools in Tolland County, Rockville High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 101 students.

Student enrollment has been dropping in Connecticut’s public schools for over a decade now. With the exception of a slight relief in the 2021-22 school year, schools in the state have lost more than 30,000 students since 2014

Ethnicities in Tolland County in 2023-24 School Year
White [74.4%]Hispanic [12%]Ethnicities <5% [11.8%]
Enrollment Demographics in Tolland County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School Name% of Black StudentsTotal Enrollment
Maple Street School12.1%257
Center Road School11.5%451
Skinner Road School11%317
Rockville High School10.4%975
Northeast School10%249
Vernon Center Middle School9.8%684
Bolton High School7.9%215
Bolton Center School5.6%481
Windermere School5.4%651
Ellington Middle School4.9%371
Tolland High School4%700
Center School3.9%456
Mansfield Elementary School3.8%580
E. O. Smith High School3.6%1,033
Ellington High School3.6%716
Lake Street School3.3%242
Tolland Intermediate School3%470
Crystal Lake School2.9%309
Tolland Middle School2.6%460
Mabelle B. Avery Middle School2.6%308
Birch Grove Primary School2.5%552
Somers Elementary School2.1%658
Somers High School2.1%382
Hebron Elementary School1.9%363
RHAM High School1.3%779
Center School0%214
Hall Memorial School0%178
Union School0%51
Andover Elementary School0%205
Stafford High School0%375
Stafford Elementary School0%458
West Stafford School0%176
Stafford Middle School0%301
RHAM Middle School0%369
Mansfield Middle School0%421
Gilead Hill School0%338
Coventry Academy0%12
Coventry Grammar School0%360
George Hersey Robertson School0%350
Coventry High School0%406
Capt. Nathan Hale School0%381
Horace W. Porter School0%475

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