Coleytown Elementary School

Set in Westport, Connecticut, Coleytown Elementary School is an average-sized elementary school, run under Westport School District. It hosts 461 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 378 students per school, that is 22% bigger than typical.

Westport School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,161 students; Coleytown Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Coleytown Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Coleytown Elementary School reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Around 2% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Western Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 33%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Western Connecticut Planning Region indicate median household earnings sit near $128,188, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Western Connecticut Planning Region's 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), Coleytown Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Coleytown Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Coleytown Elementary School.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Coleytown Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 25% since 2018, when it stood at 369 (now 461). Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.