Litchfield Hills Today

White students made up the largest ethnic group in Litchfield County schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Connecticut State Department of Education.

Of the 20,957 students attending the county's schools, 72.1% were white.

Hispanic students were the second-largest ethnic group in Litchfield County at the time, making up 18.7% of total enrollment.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most represented group in the county, comprising 73.7% of the student body.

Torrington High School had the most diverse student body in the county, including 42% white students, 41.9% Hispanic students, 6.8% Black students, 5.7% Asian students, and 3.1% multiracial students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in the county dropped to 0.5% when compared to the previous year.

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.

School	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Students
Ann Antolini School	White	89.1%	247
Bakerville Consolidated School	White	94.3%	106
Barkhamsted Elementary School	White	90.2%	194
Bethlehem Elementary School	White	80%	280
Black Rock School	White	79.1%	268
Booth Free School	White	90.6%	85
Botelle Elementary School	White	87.5%	56
Center School	White	90.5%	263
Colebrook Consolidated School	White	90.9%	66
Cornwall Consolidated School	White	84.5%	97
Eli Terry Jr. Middle School	White	74.3%	276
Explorations	White	68.2%	88
Fletcher W. Judson School	White	83.4%	289
Forbes School	White	45%	302
Goshen Center School	White	87.5%	144
Harry S. Fisher Elementary School	White	75.4%	293
Harwinton Consolidated School	White	75.3%	368
Hill And Plain School	White	56.3%	382
Housatonic Valley Regional High School	White	80.5%	308
James Morris School	White	94.6%	111
John Trumbull Primary School	White	74%	653
Kent Center School	White	82.2%	191
Lee H. Kellogg School	White	92.5%	80
Litchfield High School	White	86.5%	230
Litchfield Intermediate School	White	88%	175
Litchfield Middle School	White	89.1%	147
Mary P. Hinsdale School	White	77.2%	303
Mitchell Elementary School	White	78.6%	327
New Hartford Elementary School	White	85.9%	99
New Milford High School	White	66.3%	1,207
Nonnewaug High School	White	85%	652
North Canaan Elementary School	White	76.6%	244
Northville Elementary School	White	69.4%	444
Northwestern Regional High School	White	92.9%	521
Northwestern Regional Middle School	White	93.2%	235
Oliver Wolcott Technical High School	White	74.4%	648
Pearson School	White	77%	300
Plymouth Center School	White	75.5%	327
Polk School	White	75%	312
Salisbury Central School	White	78.9%	303
Sarah Noble Intermediate School	White	65.9%	754
Schaghticoke Middle School	White	66.3%	777
Sharon Center School	White	83%	106
Shepaug Valley School	White	83.7%	496
Southwest School	White	52.1%	305
Swift Middle School	White	79.3%	585
Terryville High School	White	74.6%	370
The Burnham School	White	90.3%	72
The Gilbert School	White	68%	447
Thomaston Center School	White	84.3%	197
Thomaston High School	White	83.4%	295
Torringford School	White	48%	623
Torrington High School	White	42%	1,012
Torrington Middle School	White	46.4%	969
Vogel-Wetmore School	Hispanic	46%	576
Wamogo Regional High School	White	89.2%	379
Wamogo Regional Middle School	White	86.8%	152
Warren Elementary School	White	92.6%	54
Washington Primary School	White	80.6%	139
Watertown High School	White	80.6%	715
Woodbury Middle School	White	85%	313