Head O'Meadow Elementary School

Head O'Meadow Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Newtown, Connecticut, overseen by Newtown School District. Current enrollment sits at 327 students spanning grades K through 4.

Across the 7 schools in Newtown School District (3,784 students total), Head O'Meadow Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Head O'Meadow Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest reads as 12% Hispanic, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Head O'Meadow Elementary School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Western Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Western Connecticut Planning Region shows the typical household earns roughly $128,188 per year, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Head O'Meadow Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Reed Intermediate School, around 2.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Head O'Meadow Elementary School has rose 21%, going from 270 students in 2018 to 327 in 2025.

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