New London County is a county in the southeastern corner of Connecticut and comprises the Norwich-New London, Connecticut Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut Combined Statistical Area. There is no county government and no county seat, as is the case with all eight of Connecticut's counties; towns are responsible for all local government activities, including fire and rescue, snow removal, and schools.
Hamden is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant". The town is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 61,169 at the 2020 census.
East Lyme is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 18,693 at the 2020 census. The villages of Niantic and Flanders are located in the town.
Noank is a village in the town of Groton, Connecticut. This dense community of historic homes and local businesses sits on a small, steep peninsula at the mouth of the Mystic River with a long tradition of fishing, lobstering and boat-building. The village is listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places and is the home of multiple seaside lobster shacks and oyster aquaculture operations. The population was 1,796 at the 2010 census.
Voluntown is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 2,570 at the 2020 census. Voluntown was part of Windham County from 1726 to 1881, after which it became part of New London County.
Groton is a town in New London County, Connecticut located on the Thames River. It is the home of General Dynamics Electric Boat, which is the major contractor for submarine work for the United States Navy. The Naval Submarine Base New London is located in Groton, and the pharmaceutical company Pfizer is also a major employer. Avery Point in Groton is home to a regional campus of the University of Connecticut. The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 38,411 at the 2020 census.
The Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics And Science was located in the Learning Corridor in Hartford, CT. The building houses a grade 6-12 program, The Academy of Aerospace and Engineering is a magnet high school originally located in Hartford, CT and was a half-day program.
Education in Stamford, Connecticut takes place in both public and private schools and college and university campuses. Stamford has a highly educated population. Per the American Community Survey from 2017 to 2021, 89.1% of adults aged 25 and older graduated from high school, and 52.3% have a Bachelor's degree or higher. This compares to 91.1% and 37.9% nationally, respectively.
There are an assortment of public, private, and parochial schools in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) or Special School District Number 1 is a public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Minneapolis Public Schools enrolls 36,370 students in public primary and secondary schools. The district administers about one hundred public schools including forty-five elementary schools, seven middle schools, seven high schools, eight special education schools, eight alternative schools, nineteen contract alternative schools, and five charter schools. With authority granted by the state legislature, the school board makes policy, selects the superintendent, and oversees the district's budget, curriculum, personnel, and facilities. Students speak ninety different languages at home and most school communications are printed in English, Hmong, Spanish, and Somali.
Kansas City 33 School District, operating as Kansas City Public Schools or KCPS, is a school district headquartered at 2901 Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
The Syracuse City School District is a public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Syracuse, New York. Syracuse City Schools enrolls 20,000 students in over thirty primary and secondary school buildings. The school district is run by a board of education that sets school policy and approves school spending. Having the designation of a city school district, the district's budget is a sub-item in Syracuse, New York's municipal budget. The board hires a superintendent under contract to carry out its policies.
Groton-Dunstable Regional High School (GDRHS) is a high school located in Groton, Massachusetts, United States, and serves the communities of Groton and Dunstable in the Groton-Dunstable Regional School District. While GDRHS is the only public high school located within those communities students from Groton may also attend the public Nashoba Valley Technical High School and students from Dunstable may attend the public Greater Lowell Technical High School. Approximately 810 students attend GDRHS and they are primarily graduates of Groton-Dunstable Regional Middle School. GDRHS has a primarily college preparatory curriculum, with approximately 87% of its students attending four-year colleges and over 90% attending two- or four-year colleges upon graduation in 2010.
The Groton and Stonington Street Railway was an interurban trolley line that extended from Groton, Connecticut, to Westerly, Rhode Island, with a later branch to Old Mystic, Connecticut, and an extension to New London. The line operated from 1904 to 1919 and 1923 to 1928, after which it was replaced by buses.
The Consolidated School District of New Britain, CT, also known as New Britain Public Schools, is a school district headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut. The district serves approximately 10,000 students.
Groton-Dunstable Regional School District is a school district in the US state of Massachusetts which serves the towns of Groton and Dunstable.
Wichita USD 259 is a public unified school district headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, United States. The district includes most of the cities of Wichita, Bel Aire, Eastborough, and Kechi.
Norwich Public Schools is the public school system for the town of Norwich, Connecticut. NPS serves approximately 3,600 students every year through 10 school locations within the City of Norwich. running a 9–12 transition academy, a regional adult education program, a child care center, seven elementary schools, two magnet middle schools, and a child care center. 8th-grade graduates are able to various local high school programs, such as Norwich Free Academy, Norwich Technical High School, Ledyard Agri-Science Program, LEARN Regional Magnet Schools, Bacon Academy, Ella T. Grasso Southeastern Technical High School, and other local programs. Norwich Public Schools employs more than 1,000 staff, including teachers and administrators. Norwich Public Schools has been serving the City of Norwich for nearly 150 years, with the opening of its first school in 1875. The John Mason School building, built in 1895, is currently in use as the school system's district office.
Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School is a multi-magnet middle school in New London, CT. Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School opened in 1994. In 2022-2023, Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School served 337 students in grades 6-8. Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School was named after a local educator.
