Elementary · Connecticut

Wendell L. Cross School

Free meals for all

Wendell L. Cross School, a public elementary school in Waterbury, Connecticut: grades pre-k–8, 606 students, 13.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Waterbury School District.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 606
Teachers (FTE): 44.3
Students per teacher: 13.7
Grades: Pre-K–8; Elementary

More students per teacher than 74% of elementary schools in Connecticut

Median 12.2 · 594 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 60% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 93% of elementary schools in Connecticut

Median 369 · 598 schools compared

Larger than 81% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Waterbury School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Waterbury School District.

Location

Address: 1255 Hamilton Ave., Waterbury, CT 06706
Phone: (203)574-8171
City or town: Waterbury
County: Naugatuck Valley Planning Region

Website Quality of life in Waterbury Schools in Waterbury

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Roberto Clemente International Dual Language SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	275	17.6	1.0 mi
Gilmartin SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	462	14.7	1.1 mi
Hopeville SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	291	10.4	1.1 mi
Washington SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	284	12.2	1.3 mi
H. S. Chase SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	543	11.5	1.4 mi
Woodrow Wilson SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	415	14.4	1.6 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

NCES 090483000990