Griswold Elementary School

Set in Griswold, Connecticut, Griswold Elementary School is an expansive K-5 school, one of the schools within Griswold School District. It works with 655 students across grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 378 students each, so Griswold Elementary School sits 73% larger than that benchmark.

Griswold School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,809 students. Griswold Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Griswold Elementary School logs that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. Compared to Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, census data for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region shows median household income runs about $86,586, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,605 students), Griswold Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Griswold High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 697 students in 2018 compared to 655 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 78% to 72% over that span.

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