Melissa Jones School

Located at 181 Ledge Hill Rd., in Guilford, Connecticut, Melissa Jones School is an intimate elementary-level community that educates 265 students (grades K through 4), operated by Guilford School District. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 378 students each, so Melissa Jones School sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Guilford School District, which oversees 7 schools and 3,051 students, Melissa Jones School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Melissa Jones School logs that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Melissa Jones School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against South Central Connecticut Planning Region (around 51%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for South Central Connecticut Planning Region indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,197 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, South Central Connecticut Planning Region runs 152 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students), of which Melissa Jones School is one.

Nearest neighbor: A. Baldwin Middle School, around 2.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Melissa Jones School.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Melissa Jones School's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 292 (now 265). Class-load math has fell: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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