Stafford Elementary School

Stafford Elementary School operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Stafford Springs, Connecticut, one of the schools within Stafford School District. Current enrollment sits at 438 students spanning grades 1 through 5.

Within Stafford School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,256 students, Stafford Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stafford Elementary School reports that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Capitol Planning Region) logs that median household income runs about $93,394, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Capitol Planning Region runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), of which Stafford Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Stafford High School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 453 students in 2018 compared to 438 in 2025.

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