Cranbury Elementary School

Located at 10 Knowalot Lane, in Norwalk, Connecticut, Cranbury Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary campus that hosts 410 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Norwalk School District.

Norwalk School District runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 11,341 students. Cranbury Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Cranbury Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 36% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Cranbury Elementary School lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

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), Cranbury Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Norwalk Early Childhood Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Cranbury Elementary School's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 447 (now 410). Hispanic enrollment moved from 30% to 36% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Cranbury Elementary School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.