Royle Elementary School

Royle Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary-level community in Darien, Connecticut, part of Darien School District, works with 342 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Royle Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Darien School District, a district that hosts 4,649 students overall.

On demographics, Royle Elementary School records that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. About 4% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Western Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 33%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Western Connecticut Planning Region put median household earnings sit near $128,188, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Western Connecticut Planning Region runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), of which Royle Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Darien High School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Royle Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Royle Elementary School has contracted 15%, going from 401 students in 2018 to 342 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 75% across the same window.

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