There were 46 Hispanic students enrolled in North Canaan School District in the 2024-25 school year, 17.9% more than in the previous year, according to the Connecticut State Department of Education.
Data showed that North Canaan School District welcomed 245 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 18.8% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the district.
North Canaan School District roughly covers schools within Litchfield County and has a main office in Canaan.
Connecticut’s public school enrollment has been in continuous decline over the past decade, falling to an estimated 508,402 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to state data. That represents a drop of about 4,250 students from the prior year and roughly 33,400 fewer students than a decade ago, extending a long-running downward trend in statewide enrollment.
A similar pattern also appears in nonpublic schools. Data from the Connecticut State Department of Education shows about 53,000 students were enrolled in nonpublic schools in 2023-24, slightly fewer than in 2019-20 and well below levels in the late 2010s.
| School Year | Total Enrollment | Total Hispanic Students | % Hispanic Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 245 | 46 | 18.8% |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 39 | 16% |
| 2022-23 | 238 | 36 | 15.1% |
| 2021-22 | 234 | 30 | 12.8% |
| 2020-21 | 248 | 32 | 12.9% |
| 2019-20 | 253 | 32 | 12.6% |
| 2018-19 | 255 | 28 | 11% |
| 2017-18 | 281 | 35 | 12.5% |
| 2016-17 | 278 | 34 | 12.2% |
| 2015-16 | 260 | 34 | 13.1% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Connecticut State Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
