Kathleen H. Ryerson Elementary School

Located at 982 Durham Rd., in Madison, Connecticut, Kathleen H. Ryerson Elementary School is a compact elementary campus that enrolls 314 students (grades K through 3), one of the schools within Madison School District.

Madison School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,374 students. Kathleen H. Ryerson Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Kathleen H. Ryerson Elementary School logs that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, South Central Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Kathleen H. Ryerson Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Around 2% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, South Central Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for South Central Connecticut Planning Region shows the typical household earns roughly $88,197 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Kathleen H. Ryerson Elementary School is one of 152 public schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students).

Dr. Robert H. Brown Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kathleen H. Ryerson Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 55%: 202 students in 2018 compared to 314 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share decreased from 6% to 1%.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.