Ansonia Public Schools is a small, urban school district located in the Lower Naugatuck Valley area of Connecticut . There are 2,696 students attending four schools in the district: Ansonia High School (Gr. 9-12), Ansonia Middle School (Gr. 6-8), John C. Mead School (Gr. 3-5) and John G. Prendergast School (PreK-Grade 2). Ansonia has state-of-the-art buildings, thanks to a $50.5 million building project called “Ansonia 2001,” which brought a new high school and renovations and/or additions to three of its newest school buildings. Ansonia High School opened in September 1999 while the other three schools reopened in September 2000.