Holmes Elementary School

Set in Darien, Connecticut, Holmes Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school, one of the schools within Darien School District. It educates 407 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Darien School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,649 students; Holmes Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Holmes Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 10% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

In terms of school funding signals, Holmes Elementary School lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 1% of students at Holmes Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Western Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 33%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Western Connecticut Planning Region indicate median household earnings sit near $128,188, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Western Connecticut Planning Region runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), of which Holmes Elementary School is one.

Dolan School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Holmes Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Holmes Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 470 (now 407). Over the same period, the Asian share ticked up from 4% to 10%.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.