Casimir Pulaski School

Casimir Pulaski School is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in Meriden, Connecticut, one of the schools within Meriden School District, works with 539 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 378 students per school, that is 43% larger than typical.

Meriden School District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 8,036 students. Casimir Pulaski School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Casimir Pulaski School shows that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 16% White, 10% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, South Central Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Casimir Pulaski School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against South Central Connecticut Planning Region (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for South Central Connecticut Planning Region put the typical household earns roughly $88,197 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, South Central Connecticut Planning Region runs 152 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students), of which Casimir Pulaski School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Israel Putnam School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 4%: 519 students in 2018 compared to 539 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 60% to 68%.

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