Enrollment
267
Elementary
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 378
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLINGFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 090474000959
Pond Hill School
299 Pond Hill Road, Wallingford, CT 06492 · (203) 294-6230 · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Connecticut public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Connecticut public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
107 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 44%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 91 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 30% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CT Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
58.4%
CT avg 50.5%
Math
59.9%
CT avg 45.9%
What this means: On the CT Smarter Balanced, Connecticut's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Connecticut schools, those numbers are about 51 and 46.
Source: CT Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like Pond Hill School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pond Hill School this school | 267 | 40.1% | N/A |
| Daisy Ingraham School Westbrook | 292 | 37.3% | N/A |
| Rock Hill School Wallingford | 278 | 35.6% | N/A |
| Evarts C. Stevens School Wallingford | 301 | 36.5% | N/A |
| J. F. Kennedy School Milford | 295 | 41.4% | N/A |
| Moses Y. Beach School Wallingford | 326 | 38.0% | N/A |
Matched among Connecticut elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pond Hill School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Connecticut | In South Central Connecticut Planning Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #213 of 522 | #32 of 87 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #214 of 519 | #31 of 86 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #488 of 613 | #84 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #33 of 558 | #6 of 91 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #317 of 560 | #60 of 92 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #319 of 594 | #59 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #83 of 378 | #14 of 59 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
267
+19 (+8%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 8.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 267 | 26.8 | 10.0:1 | 40% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 27.3 | 9.8:1 | 44% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 257 | 31.3 | 8.2:1 | 37% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 248 | 28 | 8.9:1 | 36% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 324 | 28.3 | 11.5:1 | 30% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 27 | 12.1:1 | 34% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 337 | 29 | 11.6:1 | 18% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 391 | 27 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 461 | 23 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pond Hill School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (324 to 267); teachers down 5% (28.3 to 26.8).
About Pond Hill School
Pond Hill School is a small elementary school in Wallingford, Connecticut. It has an enrollment of 267 students in grades 3 through 5. On average, elementary schools in Connecticut enroll around 378, and this school is 29% below that mark.
Wallingford School District has 12 schools and 5,087 students, and Pond Hill School is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at Pond Hill School are White (66%). The remaining shares are 27% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is in line with South Central Connecticut Planning Region, where about 62% of residents are White. The diversity index for Pond Hill School is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.0 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Connecticut is 12.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 107 students, or 40%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 51% average for public schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region is 11 points higher.
Pond Hill School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of Connecticut public elementary schools.
Census data for South Central Connecticut Planning Region show the median household earns about $88,197 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region number 152, with about 72,909 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Evarts C. Stevens School, is about 1.0 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count rose 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 8.9:1 to 10.0:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Pond Hill School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
South Central Connecticut Planning Region at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
570,598
Census ACS
Median income
$88,197
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
152
72,909 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wallingford School District
- Lyman Hall High SchoolHigh · 936 students
- Mark T. Sheehan High SchoolHigh · 673 students
- Dag Hammarskjold Middle SchoolMiddle · 593 students
- James H. Moran Middle SchoolMiddle · 531 students
- Cook Hill SchoolElementary · 357 students
- Moses Y. Beach SchoolElementary · 326 students
Other schools in Wallingford
- Lyman Hall High SchoolHigh · 936 students
- Mark T. Sheehan High SchoolHigh · 673 students
- Dag Hammarskjold Middle SchoolMiddle · 593 students
- James H. Moran Middle SchoolMiddle · 531 students
- Cook Hill SchoolElementary · 357 students
- Moses Y. Beach SchoolElementary · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Evarts C. Stevens School1.0 mi · 301
- Dag Hammarskjold Middle School1.1 mi · 593
- Lyman Hall High School1.3 mi · 936
- Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School1.7 mi · 509
- Clintonville Elementary School2.1 mi · 372
- Totoket Valley Elementary School2.2 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Pond Hill SchoolHow large is Pond Hill School?
Pond Hill School enrolls approximately 267 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Pond Hill School serve?
Pond Hill School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pond Hill School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pond Hill School is approximately 10.0:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pond Hill School?
At Pond Hill School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Pond Hill School public or private?
Pond Hill School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wallingford School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.