Oswegatchie Elementary School

Set in Waterford, Connecticut, Oswegatchie Elementary School is a compact K-5 school, one of the schools within Waterford School District. It educates 292 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 23% smaller than the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 378 students.

Oswegatchie Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Waterford School District, a district that serves 2,174 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Oswegatchie Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Oswegatchie Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 33% of students at Oswegatchie Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region put the typical household earns roughly $86,586 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Oswegatchie Elementary School is one of 88 public schools in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 36,605 students).

Nearest neighbor: East Lyme High School, around 1.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 346 students in 2018 compared to 292 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 81% to 72%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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