Burr District Elementary School

Located at 792 Killingworth Road, in Higganum, Connecticut, Burr District Elementary School is an intimate elementary campus that caters to 278 students (grades K through 3), overseen by Regional School District 17. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 378 students each, so Burr District Elementary School sits 26% below that benchmark.

Regional School District 17 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,704 students. Burr District Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Burr District Elementary School logs that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region shows the typical household earns roughly $104,428 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Burr District Elementary School is one of 57 public schools in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 19,075 students).

Nearest neighbor: Haddam-Killingworth High School, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Burr District Elementary School.

Burr District Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Burr District Elementary School's enrollment has grew 6% since 2018, when it stood at 263 (now 278).

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Burr District Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.