A. W. Cox School

Located at 143 Three Mile Course, in Guilford, Connecticut, A. W. Cox School is a low-enrollment primary school that caters to 255 students (grades K through 4), overseen by Guilford School District. That puts it 33% leaner than the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 378 students.

Across the 7 schools in Guilford School District (3,051 students total), A. W. Cox School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, A. W. Cox School logs that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting A. W. Cox School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, South Central Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for South Central Connecticut Planning Region indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,197 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. A. W. Cox School is one of 152 public schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students).

E. C. Adams Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at A. W. Cox School has decreased 4%, going from 265 students in 2018 to 255 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 84% to 75%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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