Jared Eliot School

Jared Eliot School, a small 6-8 campus in Clinton, Connecticut, part of Clinton School District, teaches 418 students, covering grades 5 through 8.

Jared Eliot School is one of 3 schools operated by Clinton School District, a district that enrolls 1,423 students overall.

On demographics, Jared Eliot School shows that White students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder reads as 30% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region's rate of about 32%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region) shows that the typical household earns roughly $104,428 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,075 students), of which Jared Eliot School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lewin G. Joel Jr. School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jared Eliot School has ticked down 6%, going from 443 students in 2018 to 418 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 12% to 30% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 8.6:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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