West School

West School operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in New Canaan, Connecticut, one of the schools within New Canaan School District. Current enrollment sits at 481 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 27% above the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 378 students.

Across the 5 schools in New Canaan School District (4,040 students total), West School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, West School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%); the rest comes out to 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Western Connecticut Planning Region shows the typical household earns roughly $128,188 per year, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Western Connecticut Planning Region runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), of which West School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Northeast School, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around West School.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 491 students in 2018 compared to 481 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 89% to 83%.

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