Gilead Hill School

Located at 580 Gilead St., in Hebron, Connecticut, Gilead Hill School is a tight-knit elementary school that teaches 317 students (grades pre-K through 2), part of Hebron School District.

Within Hebron School District, which oversees 2 schools and 681 students, Gilead Hill School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Gilead Hill School shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Gilead Hill School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 18% of students at Gilead Hill School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Capitol Planning Region's rate of about 43%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Capitol Planning Region) reports that median household earnings sit near $93,394, 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, Capitol Planning Region runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), of which Gilead Hill School is one.

Nearest neighbor: RHAM Middle School, around 2.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Gilead Hill School.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Gilead Hill School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 321 (now 317). White enrollment moved from 92% to 87% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.