Sharon Center School

Located at 80 Hilltop Road, in Sharon, Connecticut, Sharon Center School is an one-room-style elementary-level community that educates 97 students (grades pre-K through 8), overseen by Sharon School District. Enrollment runs roughly 74% below the state mean of about 378.

Sharon Center School is a school of Sharon School District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Sharon Center School records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Northwest Hills Planning Region as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Sharon Center School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Northwest Hills Planning Region put the typical household earns roughly $93,551 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sharon Center School is one of 50 public schools in Northwest Hills Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 14,539 students).

The closest other public school is WEBUTUCK HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 3.3 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 30%: 139 students in 2018 compared to 97 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 6% to 14%.

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