Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School

As a small middle school, Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School serves students in Old Lyme, Connecticut. In all, 271 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 48% below the 521-student average for middle schools in Connecticut.

Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School is part of Regional School District 18, where 5 schools serve 1,278 students.

At Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School, 86% of students are White. The remaining students are 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School scores 25%.

For every teacher at Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School, there are about 10.0 students; the school has 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Connecticut, 11.3:1, is higher. There are 50 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 18% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region is 32%.

Among Connecticut public middle schools, Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.

For the population of Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, the median household earns about $104,428 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School shares Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region with 56 other public schools.

Among nearby public schools, Center School is closest at about 0.1 miles. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School.

Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.

Enrollment has been fairly stable: 270 in 2020-21 and 271 in 2024-25.

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