Salem Elementary School

Salem Elementary School is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in Salem, Connecticut, one of the schools within Salem School District, instructing 389 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Salem School District is the operating authority for Salem Elementary School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Salem Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). The remainder reads as 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Salem Elementary School reports 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region indicate median household income runs about $86,586, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Salem Elementary School is one of 88 public schools in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 36,605 students).

Oakdale School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.4 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Salem Elementary School has stayed largely flat, going from 397 students in 2018 to 389 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 5% to 10%.

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