Windermere School

Windermere School is an elementary school in Ellington, Connecticut, and it is part of Ellington School District. It teaches 627 students in pre-K through 6. That is 66% bigger than the average of about 378 students for elementary schools in Connecticut.

Enrollment across the 5 schools in Ellington School District totals 2,474 students.

More than half of enrollment at Windermere School is White: 57%. Next come 22% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Windermere School scores 61%.

Windermere School lists 54.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.5 students per teacher. The gap from the 12.6:1 average for elementary schools in Connecticut is 1.1 students per teacher. About 26% of students at Windermere School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 43% average for public schools in Capitol Planning Region, the school's rate is lower.

The school's county is Capitol Planning Region. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $93,394, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools enroll about 137,047 students and include Windermere School.

Of the public schools around it, Windermere School is closest to Skinner Road School, about 1.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

Locale data from NCES put Windermere School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).

Enrollment has been fairly stable: 622 in 2020-21 and 627 in 2024-25.

Windermere School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.