McAlister Intermediate School

McAlister Intermediate School is one of the mid-sized primary schools in Suffield, Connecticut, run under Suffield School District, with 472 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5. That puts it 25% bigger than the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 378 students.

Suffield School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,011 students; McAlister Intermediate School is among them.

Looking at the student body, McAlister Intermediate School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). The remainder breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Capitol Planning Region's rate of about 43%.

In the area at large, census data for Capitol Planning Region shows the typical household earns roughly $93,394 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), McAlister Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Suffield Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McAlister Intermediate School has grew 8%, going from 439 students in 2018 to 472 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.