Bolton Center School

Bolton Center School is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in Bolton, Connecticut, operated by Bolton School District, with 473 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 378 students each, so Bolton Center School sits 25% above that benchmark.

Within Bolton School District, which oversees 2 schools and 685 students, Bolton Center School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Bolton Center School logs that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Capitol Planning Region indicate the typical household earns roughly $93,394 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Bolton Center School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

Bolton High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bolton Center School.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bolton Center School has edged down 11%, going from 530 students in 2018 to 473 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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