Horace W. Porter School

Horace W. Porter School is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in Columbia, Connecticut, part of Columbia School District, teacheing 440 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Operationally, Horace W. Porter School answers to Columbia School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Horace W. Porter School lists that nearly all students (83%) are White. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Horace W. Porter School has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Capitol Planning Region's rate of about 43%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Capitol Planning Region) shows that median household earnings sit near $93,394, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), Horace W. Porter School is one campus in the mix.

Andover Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Horace W. Porter School.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 430 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 90% to 83% over that span.

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