Middle Gate Elementary School

Middle Gate Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Newtown, Connecticut. The school counts 397 students across kindergarten through 4.

Newtown School District oversees Middle Gate Elementary School and 6 other schools, with 3,784 students in total.

A majority of students at Middle Gate Elementary School, 79%, are White. Next come 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 61% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Middle Gate Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 35%.

At Middle Gate Elementary School, 36 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Connecticut average 12.6:1. Roughly 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 33% average for public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region, the school's rate is lower.

In the county around the school, Western Connecticut Planning Region, median household income is about $128,188, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Western Connecticut Planning Region number 149 and enroll about 90,520.

The closest public school to Middle Gate Elementary School is Head O'Meadow Elementary School, about 2.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.

Middle Gate Elementary School had 371 students in 2020-21 and 397 in 2024-25, a 7% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.3:1 to 11.0:1.

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