Central Elementary School

Set in Bellows Falls, Vermont, Central Elementary School is a mid-sized primary school, part of Rockingham School District. It serves 182 students across grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 3 schools in Rockingham School District (506 students total), Central Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Central Elementary School lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Windham County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Windham County shows median household income runs about $72,217, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Central Elementary School is one of 28 public schools in Windham County (combined enrollment of about 4,839 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bellows Falls Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Central Elementary School.

Central Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 27%: 248 students in 2018 compared to 182 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 0% to 5% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.