NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools CT

Best-Resourced Schools in Windsor, CT

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7 public K-12 schools in Windsor from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
3,975
Students
49.6/100
Avg Resource Index
10.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Windsor has more public-school enrollment than 44% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Windsor lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Windsor's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 24-point gap between John F. Kennedy School and Oliver Ellsworth School shows the range hidden by Windsor's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 56%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
86th percentile
Teacher staffing
97th percentile

Windsor High School accounts for 27.5% of all Windsor public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Windsor-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Windsor school enrollment varies 4.0× across entities

Windsor school enrollment ranges from 276 students (lowest) to 1,095 students (highest), a spread of 819 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Windsor student-teacher ratio is 10.6:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. John F. Kennedy School 61
2. Clover Street School 58
3. Windsor High School 55
4. Sage Park Middle School 54
5. Poquonock Elementary School 44
6. Academy of Aerospace and Engineering 38
7. Oliver Ellsworth School 37

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Windsor

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 John F. Kennedy School 74.5/100
  2. 2 Poquonock Elementary School 73.9/100
  3. 3 Oliver Ellsworth School 73.2/100
  4. 4 Sage Park Middle School 71.5/100
  5. 5 Clover Street School 70.5/100

What do families ask about schools in Windsor?

Which Windsor school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

John F. Kennedy School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Windsor schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Windsor, CT? ▼

Windsor has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,975 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.