Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 378
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 090291000617
Sandy Hook Elementary School
12 Dickinson Drive, Sandy Hook, CT 06482 · (203) 426-7657 · Western Connecticut Planning Region
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
63 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 44%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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CT Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
77.5%
CT avg 50.5%
Math
82.2%
CT avg 45.9%
What this means: On the CT Smarter Balanced, Connecticut's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Connecticut schools, those numbers are about 51 and 46.
Source: CT Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
349
-34 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.2:1
% White
75%
was 85%
% Hispanic
15%
was 7%
% Black
3%
was 1%
% Asian
3%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Sandy Hook Elementary School
Sandy Hook Elementary School is one of the mid-sized primary schools in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, overseen by Newtown School District, with 349 students on its rolls from grades K through 4.
Newtown School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,784 students; Sandy Hook Elementary School is among them.
In terms of who attends, Sandy Hook Elementary School shows that 75% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, Sandy Hook Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Western Connecticut Planning Region (around 33%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Western Connecticut Planning Region) reports that median household earnings sit near $128,188, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Sandy Hook Elementary School is one of 149 public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students).
Nearest neighbor: Newtown High School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sandy Hook Elementary School has decreased 9%, going from 383 students in 2018 to 349 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 75% across the same window.
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Western Connecticut Planning Region at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
627,071
Census ACS
Median income
$128,188
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
149
90,520 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newtown School District
- Newtown High SchoolHigh · 1,254 students
- Newtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 593 students
- Reed Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Middle Gate Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Head O'Meadow Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
- Hawley Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
Nearby schools
- Newtown High School0.8 mi · 1,254
- Reed Intermediate School1.3 mi · 583
- Newtown Middle School1.3 mi · 593
- Hawley Elementary School1.3 mi · 281
- Head O'Meadow Elementary School3.2 mi · 327
- Middle Gate Elementary School3.7 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Sandy Hook Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sandy Hook Elementary School?
Sandy Hook Elementary School enrolls approximately 349 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Sandy Hook Elementary School serve?
Sandy Hook Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sandy Hook Elementary School?
At Sandy Hook Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Sandy Hook Elementary School public or private?
Sandy Hook Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Newtown School District.
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