Prospect Elementary School

Prospect Elementary School is a big elementary campus in Prospect, Connecticut, one of the schools within Regional School District 16. The school enrolls 572 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 378 students per school, that is 51% bigger than typical.

Regional School District 16 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,890 students. Prospect Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Prospect Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Beyond that, the school shows 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 24% of students at Prospect Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's rate of about 52%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region put median household income runs about $86,191, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), of which Prospect Elementary School is one.

Long River Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Prospect Elementary School.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Prospect Elementary School has ticked down 6%, going from 609 students in 2018 to 572 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 90% to 83% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Prospect Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.