Latimer Lane School

Located at 33 Mountain View Rd., in Weatogue, Connecticut, Latimer Lane School is an average-sized primary school that hosts 483 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by Simsbury School District. Enrollment runs roughly 28% larger than the state mean of about 378.

Simsbury School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,062 students; Latimer Lane School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Latimer Lane School logs that 71% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% Black, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Capitol Planning Region indicate median household earnings sit near $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. Latimer Lane School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

Nearest neighbor: Simsbury High School, around 2.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 18%: 408 students in 2018 compared to 483 in 2025.

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