Overbrook Early Learning Center

Located at 54 Gerrish Ave., in East Haven, Connecticut, Overbrook Early Learning Center is a low-enrollment elementary-level community that caters to 173 students (grade pre-K), one of the schools within East Haven School District. Compared to the state average of about 378 students per school, that is 54% leaner than typical.

Within East Haven School District, which oversees 8 schools and 2,833 students, Overbrook Early Learning Center is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Overbrook Early Learning Center reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 38% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 43.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, census data for South Central Connecticut Planning Region shows median household income runs about $88,197, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across South Central Connecticut Planning Region's 152 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students), Overbrook Early Learning Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Carbone School/East Haven Academy, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Overbrook Early Learning Center.

Overbrook Early Learning Center operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 42%: 122 students in 2018 compared to 173 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 43.3:1 today.

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