Suffield High School

Suffield High School, an intimate high school in West Suffield, Connecticut, one of the schools within Suffield School District, enrolls 641 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Within Suffield School District, which oversees 4 schools and 2,011 students, Suffield High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Suffield High School logs that 78% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Suffield High School shows 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.3:1, putting Suffield High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Capitol Planning Region (around 43%), the school's rate is south of typical.

In the broader community, Capitol Planning Region reports that median household earnings sit near $93,394, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Suffield High School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

Nearest neighbor: A. Ward Spaulding School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Suffield High School.

Suffield High School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Suffield High School has declined 20%, going from 797 students in 2018 to 641 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 78% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.