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What's the most underrated thing about Long Meadow Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
518
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 378
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 15·NCES 090353700708
Long Meadow Elementary School
65 North Benson Rd., Middlebury, CT 06762 · (203) 758-1144 · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Connecticut public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Connecticut public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
69 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 44%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 62 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CT Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
58.0%
CT avg 50.5%
Math
59.6%
CT avg 45.9%
What this means: On the CT Smarter Balanced, Connecticut's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Connecticut schools, those numbers are about 51 and 46.
Source: CT Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like Long Meadow Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Meadow Elementary School this school | 518 | 13.3% | N/A |
| McAlister Intermediate School Suffield | 472 | 12.7% | N/A |
| Duffy School West Hartford | 489 | 11.0% | N/A |
| A. Ward Spaulding School Suffield | 455 | 13.0% | N/A |
| Nayaug Elementary School South Glastonbury | 533 | 17.3% | N/A |
| Tolland Intermediate School Tolland | 483 | 16.4% | N/A |
Matched among Connecticut elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Long Meadow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Connecticut | In Naugatuck Valley Planning Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #217 of 522 | #20 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #219 of 519 | #20 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #86 of 613 | #14 of 71 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #285 of 558 | #24 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.6% | #416 of 560 | #55 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #528 of 594 | #68 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #136 of 176 | #18 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
518
+21 (+4%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 585
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 518 | 41.9 | 12.4:1 | 13% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 43 | 12.3:1 | 13% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 43 | 12.0:1 | 10% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 41 | 12.1:1 | 8% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 38.5 | 13.2:1 | 6% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 37 | 14.0:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 3% (17) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 40 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Long Meadow Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (506 to 518); teachers up 9% (38.5 to 41.9).
About Long Meadow Elementary School
This page covers Long Meadow Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Middlebury, Connecticut. The school has 518 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Connecticut average about 378 students, which makes this school 37% bigger than average.
Regional School District 15, which runs Long Meadow Elementary School, has 7 schools and 3,345 students.
The largest group at Long Meadow Elementary School is White students, at 76%. The remaining students are 13% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among people living in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, the White share is about 64%. The diversity index for Long Meadow Elementary School is 41%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 41.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Long Meadow Elementary School, giving a ratio of 12.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.6:1 average for elementary schools in Connecticut. By family income, 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 52% average for public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region is 39 points higher.
Long Meadow Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of Connecticut public elementary schools.
The school's county is Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $86,191 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Long Meadow Elementary School shares Naugatuck Valley Planning Region with 120 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Long Meadow Elementary School is closest to Pomperaug Regional High School, about 0.4 miles away. Long Meadow Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
A 4% gain took enrollment from 497 in 2020-21 to 518 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Long Meadow Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
454,969
Census ACS
Median income
$86,191
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
121
59,861 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Regional School District 15
- Pomperaug Regional High SchoolHigh · 970 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 420 students
- Rochambeau Middle SchoolMiddle · 412 students
- Pomperaug Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Gainfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Middlebury Elementary SchoolElementary · 309 students
Other schools in Middlebury
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 420 students
- Middlebury Elementary SchoolElementary · 309 students
Other Long Meadow Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Long Meadow Elementary. Long Meadow Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Long Meadow Elementary SchoolROCHESTER HILLS, MI · 528 students
Nearby schools
- Pomperaug Regional High School0.4 mi · 970
- Middlebury Elementary School3.2 mi · 309
- Gainfield Elementary School3.9 mi · 321
- Nonnewaug High School4.1 mi · 647
- Memorial Middle School4.2 mi · 420
- Mitchell Elementary School4.2 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About Long Meadow Elementary SchoolHow large is Long Meadow Elementary School?
Long Meadow Elementary School enrolls approximately 518 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Long Meadow Elementary School serve?
Long Meadow Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Long Meadow Elementary School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Long Meadow Elementary School.
How diverse is Long Meadow Elementary School?
Long Meadow Elementary School reports a student body of 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Long Meadow Elementary School?
Long Meadow Elementary School is overseen by Regional School District 15 in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.