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Quaker Farms School
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 27% |
| Grade 1 | 131 | 34% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 29% |
School pathway
Schools most like Quaker Farms School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quaker Farms School this school | 384 | 19.3% | N/A |
| Sandy Hook Elementary School Sandy Hook | 349 | 18.1% | N/A |
| Kelly Lane Primary School Granby | 353 | 18.4% | N/A |
| Kathleen E. Goodwin School Old Saybrook | 383 | 22.5% | N/A |
| Great Oak Elementary School Oxford | 369 | 18.2% | N/A |
| Orchard Hills School Milford | 350 | 23.1% | N/A |
Where Quaker Farms School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Connecticut | In Naugatuck Valley Planning Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #280 of 613 | #33 of 71 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #452 of 558 | #50 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.3% | #433 of 560 | #57 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.3% | #465 of 594 | #61 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #135 of 176 | #17 of 22 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 384 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 19% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 30 | 13.8:1 | 17% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 15% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 28 | 10.9:1 | 14% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 10% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 29 | 13.5:1 | 9% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 546 | 29 | 18.8:1 | 5% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 32 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 599 | 27 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (373 to 384); teachers down 4% (28 to 27).
About Quaker Farms School
Quaker Farms School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Oxford, Connecticut. The school offers pre-K through 2 and enrolls 384 students.
Oxford School District has 4 schools and 1,600 students, and Quaker Farms School is one of those schools.
White students are 77% of those enrolled at Quaker Farms School. The next largest groups are 13% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Naugatuck Valley Planning Region overall, about 64% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 39, compared with 70 nationally.
With 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.2:1. Elementary schools in Connecticut average 12.6:1, 1.6 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 19% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region averages 52%, higher than here.
The school is in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, where the median household earns about $86,191 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Quaker Farms School shares Naugatuck Valley Planning Region with 120 other public schools.
Oxford Middle School is about 0.1 miles from Quaker Farms School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
In the federal locale system, Quaker Farms School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 384 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 305. Students per teacher increased from 10.9 in 2020-21 to 14.2 in 2024-25.
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