Oliver Ellsworth School

Located at 730 Kennedy Ave., in Windsor, Connecticut, Oliver Ellsworth School is a medium-sized K-5 school that caters to 378 students (grades pre-K through 2), run under Windsor School District.

Oliver Ellsworth School is one of 6 schools operated by Windsor School District, a district that teaches 3,208 students overall.

On demographics, Oliver Ellsworth School logs that the most-represented group is Black (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 27% Hispanic, 23% White, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 51% of students at Oliver Ellsworth School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Capitol Planning Region indicate the typical household earns roughly $93,394 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Oliver Ellsworth School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

Academy of Aerospace and Engineering is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oliver Ellsworth School.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 388 students in 2018 compared to 378 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 9% to 4% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.