Colchester Elementary School

Colchester Elementary School is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in Colchester, Connecticut, one of the schools within Colchester School District, with 552 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 378 students each, so Colchester Elementary School sits 46% larger than that benchmark.

Colchester School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,085 students. Colchester Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Colchester Elementary School lists that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest comes out to 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region indicate median household income runs about $86,586, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,605 students), Colchester Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: William J. Johnston Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 543 students in 2018 compared to 552 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 86% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.