Rowayton School

Rowayton School, a mid-sized elementary-level community in Norwalk, Connecticut, overseen by Norwalk School District, instructs 402 students, covering grades K through 5.

Rowayton School is one of 22 schools operated by Norwalk School District, a district that works with 11,341 students overall.

Demographically, Rowayton School logs that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 30% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Rowayton School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Western Connecticut Planning Region) logs that the typical household earns roughly $128,188 per year, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Western Connecticut Planning Region runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), of which Rowayton School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Roton Middle School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Rowayton School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rowayton School has ticked down 13%, going from 463 students in 2018 to 402 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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