Center Road School

Center Road School, a medium-sized K-5 school in Vernon, Connecticut, run under Vernon School District, instructs 443 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Center Road School is one of 7 schools operated by Vernon School District, a district that enrolls 3,181 students overall.

Demographically, Center Road School records that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 23% Hispanic, 12% Black, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 51% of students at Center Road School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Capitol Planning Region indicate the typical household earns roughly $93,394 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. Center Road School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

Nearest neighbor: Vernon Center Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 482 students in 2018 compared to 443 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 19% to 23%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.