Perry Hill Elementary School

Perry Hill Elementary School is a 6-8 campus of average-sized scale in Shelton, Connecticut, run under Shelton School District, instructing 711 students in grades 5 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 36% larger than the state mean of about 521.

Within Shelton School District, which oversees 8 schools and 4,303 students, Perry Hill Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Perry Hill Elementary School reports that 58% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 25% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. Roughly 34% of students at Perry Hill Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region shows median household earnings sit near $86,191, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Perry Hill Elementary School is one of 121 public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students).

Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Perry Hill Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Perry Hill Elementary School has stayed largely flat, going from 726 students in 2018 to 711 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 58% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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