Windermere School

Windermere School, a large primary school in Ellington, Connecticut, one of the schools within Ellington School District, works with 627 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 378 students per school, that is 66% above typical.

Ellington School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,474 students; Windermere School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Windermere School reports that 57% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 22% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Windermere School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 26% of students are eligible 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, community-level numbers for Capitol Planning Region indicate median household earnings sit near $93,394, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Windermere School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

Nearest neighbor: Skinner Road School, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 711 students in 2018 compared to 627 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share declined from 26% to 22%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Windermere School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.