Holmes Elementary School

Holmes Elementary School is an average-sized elementary campus in New Britian, Connecticut, overseen by New Britain School District. The school caters to 414 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 14 schools in New Britain School District (9,012 students total), Holmes Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Holmes Elementary School shows that 51% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% White, 11% multiracial, 11% Black, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Capitol Planning Region indicate median household income runs about $93,394, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), Holmes Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Pulaski Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Holmes Elementary School.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 514 students in 2018 compared to 414 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 39% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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