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Sacred Heart H. S.

142 S ELM ST, WATERBURY, CT 06706

Compared to its its local public school district, where the student body was predominantly Hispanic or Latino, this school had a much lower share of such students during the 2019–20 school year.

However, the school’s student body had about the same racial diversity as the district’s. What does this mean?

Sacred Heart H. S. (2019–20)
Waterbury School District (2019–20)
  • White
  • Black
  • Hisp.
  • Asian Am.
  • Am. Ind. / Ala. Nat.
  • Haw. / Pac. Isl.
  • Multi.
  • Not spec.

Sources: Private School Survey, Common Core of Data

Information about this school comes from the Private School Universe Survey, a national dataset collected by the National Center for Education Statistics since 1989 that is aimed at gathering information about private schools across the United States. Sacred Heart H. S. has completed the survey 15 times, most recently for the 2019–20 school year. As the information is reported by the school, there may be errors.

Demographics Over Time

Sacred Heart H. S.
Waterbury School District

Enrollment White Black Hisp. Asian Am. Am. Ind. / Ala. Nat. Haw. / Pac. Isl. Multi.
Sacred Heart H. S. 300 48.3% 21.0% 18.0% 5.7% 0.0% 0.0% 7.0%
Waterbury School District 18,283 16.6% 22.1% 55.2% 1.7% 0.6% 0.0% 3.7%

Sources: Private School Survey, Common Core of Data (2019–20)

Private School Survey Responses

School Year Enrollment White Black Hisp. Asian Am. Am. Ind. / Ala. Nat. Haw. / Pac. Isl. Multi. Teachers Student-Teacher Ratio
2019–2020 300 48.3% 21.0% 18.0% 5.7% 0.0% 0.0% 7.0% 20 15:1
2017–2018 352 54.8% 16.8% 16.8% 8.5% 0.0% 0.0% 3.1% 21 17:1
2015–2016 354 62.4% 11.6% 13.3% 6.8% 0.0% 2.5% 3.4% 28 13:1
2013–2014 365 71.0% 12.6% 9.3% 2.2% 0.0% 3.0% 1.9% 21 17:1
2011–2012 348 63.5% 14.4% 13.5% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 5.2% 25 14:1

Other Nearby Private Schools

School School Type Grades Religion Distance
Alpha & Omega Christian Academy Early childhood/day care center 1st–11th Pentecostal 0.49 mi.
Children’s Community School Regular elementary or secondary PK–8th Nonsectarian 0.59 mi.
Yeshiva K’tana of Waterbury Regular elementary or secondary PK–8th Jewish 0.76 mi.
Bais Yaakov of Waterbury High School Regular elementary or secondary 9th–12th Jewish 0.81 mi.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School Regular elementary or secondary PK–8th Roman Catholic 1.22 mi.

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About This Data

Where is this data from?

Most of the data we use comes from the National Center for Education Statistics’ Private School Universe Survey, which has aimed to gather information about U.S. private schools every other year since 1989. Because the regulation of private schools is handled differently by state, there is no comprehensive list of every private school in the country. The PSS attempts to approximate such a list using various sources, including state education departments, private school associations and religious organizations, and, in some areas, online yellow pages and local government offices.

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