Consolidated School

Students in New Fairfield, Connecticut, attend Consolidated School, a mid-sized elementary school. It offers pre-K through 2 and has 504 students enrolled. That is 33% above the average of about 378 students for elementary schools in Connecticut.

Within New Fairfield School District, Consolidated School is one of 4 schools. The district enrolls 2,607 students.

White students are 77% of those enrolled at Consolidated School. Next come 16% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 61% White among all Western Connecticut Planning Region residents. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at Consolidated School are from different groups.

With 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Connecticut is about 12.6:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Consolidated School, 14% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 33% for public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region.

In Western Connecticut Planning Region, the median household earns about $128,188 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 56%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Western Connecticut Planning Region, 149 public schools serve about 90,520 students.

A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, New Fairfield Elementary School, is the closest to Consolidated School. Consolidated School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

In 2017-18, Consolidated School enrolled 516; in 2023-24, 504.

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