Waterford Country School serves special needs children in Connecticut referred to the facility by the Department of…More Children and Families. Aside from just being a school, Waterford Country School also provides full room and board to children, along with therapy as well.</p> <p>The school stands on 350 acres in Quaker Hill and includes traditional school buildings, a children's farm and a nature center. The school is a private, not-for-profit human services agency.</p>

Quaker Hill Elementary School, which opened two years ago, serves all Waterford elementary students in the Quaker…More Hill region. The school offers full-day kindergarten and all grades up to fifth. The school has made a strong foriegn language program, providing 45 hours a year of instruction in the subject, well above the state requirement. The average class size is around 18.</p> <p>The school has produced consistently high results over the years, with students easily outpacing the state average on the Connecticut Mastery Test.</p>

Great Neck Elementary School, which opened in 2010, houses 387 students. The school serves all students in the Great…More Neck region, providing full-day kindergarten and full first through fifth grades. The average class size is around 19 pupils for grades one through five and 15 for kindergarten -- both below the state average.</p> <p>The school has produced consistently strong results, with students easily outpacing the state average on test scores on the Connecticut Mastery Test. The population is about 85 percent white, with Hispanics forming the largest minority group. Some after-school activities are available to students through the Parent-Teacher Organization.</p>

Waterford High School, located across the street from Town Hall, serves 988 students and employs 73 faculty members…More and an administration staff. The school offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities and sports, including drama, football and tennis. Advanced placement courses are also available for juniors and seniors.</p> <p>The school has consistently provided strong results, with 92.9 percent of students graduating and 88 percent of students set to attend higher education — both higher percentages than the state average. Students consistently outperformed the state average on SAT scores and mastery tests, as well.</p>

Clark Lane Middle School was fully renovated in 2007, and now houses about 700 students per year. Any Waterford…More middle schooler can attend the school, which teaches sixth, seventh and eighth grades.</p> <p>The school has produced consistent results, commonly outperforming the state average on the Connecticut Mastery Test. Class sizes are sightly smaller than the state average as well, with about 20 pupils per class.</p> <p>Extracurricular activities are offered at the school, including clubs and athletics.</p>

Oswegatchie Elementary School, located on Boston Post Road, serves one-third of all Waterford elementary students who…More wish to attend. The school provides half-day kindergarten to fifth grade, with an overall enrollment of 268. The school offers 20 hours of instruction per year on computer education and 45 hours of instruction per year on foreign languages, both far above the state average.</p> <p>Overall, about 82 percent of all students are white, with Asian Americans creating the most common minority. The school has consistently produced strong results, with a much higher percent of children passing the Connecticut Mastery Tests compared to the state average. The average class size for the school is 18, with the half-day kindergarten at 12.</p>