Gideon Welles School

As a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in Glastonbury, Connecticut, Gideon Welles School caters to 551 students from grades 5 through 6, operated by Glastonbury School District.

Gideon Welles School is one of 8 schools operated by Glastonbury School District, a district that instructs 5,514 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gideon Welles School shows that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Capitol Planning Region overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Gideon Welles School logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Capitol Planning Region) reports that the typical household earns roughly $93,394 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), Gideon Welles School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hebron Avenue School, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Gideon Welles School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 20%: 458 students in 2018 compared to 551 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 72% to 64%.

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