Windham Center School

As a tight-knit primary school in Windham, Connecticut, Windham Center School caters to 176 students from grades K through 5, operated by Windham School District. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 378 students each, so Windham Center School sits 53% leaner than that benchmark.

Windham School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,818 students; Windham Center School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Windham Center School shows that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% White, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Windham Center School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 50%.

Across the wider county, census data for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region shows median household income runs about $86,586, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,605 students), Windham Center School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Windham Center School.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 36%: 274 students in 2018 compared to 176 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 74% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 today.

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