Tootin' Hills School

Tootin' Hills School is an elementary school of average-sized scale in West Simsbury, Connecticut, part of Simsbury School District, enrolling 368 students in grades K through 6.

Within Simsbury School District, which oversees 7 schools and 4,062 students, Tootin' Hills School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Tootin' Hills School logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the resource side, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 14% of students at Tootin' Hills School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Capitol Planning Region) shows that median household income runs about $93,394, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), Tootin' Hills School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Simsbury High School, roughly 2.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Tootin' Hills School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 5%: 351 students in 2018 compared to 368 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 9% to 13% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.