Elm City Montessori School

Elm City Montessori School is an intimate primary school in New Haven, Connecticut, operated by Elm City Montessori School District. The school instructs 312 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Elm City Montessori School District is the operating authority for Elm City Montessori School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Elm City Montessori School records that the most-represented group is White (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 28% Hispanic, 26% Black, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Elm City Montessori School logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (South Central Connecticut Planning Region) reports that the typical household earns roughly $88,197 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, South Central Connecticut Planning Region runs 152 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students), of which Elm City Montessori School is one.

Mauro-Sheridan Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site. Elm City Montessori School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Elm City Montessori School's enrollment has climbed 84% since 2018, when it stood at 170 (now 312). Black enrollment moved from 44% to 26% across the same window.

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