Philip R. Smith School

Philip R. Smith School is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in South Windsor, Connecticut, one of the schools within South Windsor School District, instructing 468 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 378 students per school, that is 24% bigger than typical.

South Windsor School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,979 students. Philip R. Smith School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Philip R. Smith School shows that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 26% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Capitol Planning Region's rate of about 43%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Capitol Planning Region put the typical household earns roughly $93,394 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), Philip R. Smith School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Orchard Hill School, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Philip R. Smith School's enrollment has grew 23% since 2018, when it stood at 379 (now 468). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 58% to 52%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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