Enrollment
173
Connecticut · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Eastford, CT
Eastford Elementary School
Federal NCES profile for Eastford Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 56/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 090138000232
👥 S:T ratio 54
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 64
📋 Attendance 76
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Eastford Elementary School earns 56/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Connecticut median. It is also one of the smallest schools in Connecticut.
- 56
- Resource Index · Higher
- 11.5:1
- students per teacher
- 30.5%
- free-lunch eligible
- 173
- students enrolled
Eastford Elementary School has class sizes near the Connecticut median. Computed live against every Connecticut school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Eastford School District · Connecticut
NCES ID 090138000232 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
15.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
11.5:1
vs 12.1:1 Connecticut avg
-5% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
30.5%
vs 36.4% Connecticut avg
-16% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Eastford Elementary School compares with Connecticut and U.S. medians
What stands out at Eastford Elementary School
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Eastford Elementary School is neither an extreme outlier in enrollment nor in student-teacher ratio among Connecticut schools. Its profile therefore turns on the other dimensions rather than on scale alone: economic need, counselor coverage, program access, attendance, and district finance. This middle placement is useful because it prevents the campus from being mislabeled as unusually large, small, crowded, or teacher-dense when the federal comparison does not support that claim.
Resource indicators are the standout signal
Eastford Elementary School's economic-need measure is not at a state extreme, while its Resource Investment Index is. The campus outranks most Connecticut schools on the combined reported-resource measure, so the differentiator comes from staffing, counselor access, gifted programming, or attendance rather than from an unusually low-need population alone. The component breakdown identifies which inputs actually produce that placement.
Attendance is a relative strength
9.8% of Eastford Elementary School students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 civil-rights collection. On its face, that is a comparatively low historical rate, though this page does not treat it as a current national benchmark or guarantee current-year performance. Here, attendance is a more distinctive signal than the presence or absence of any single specialist role.
Eastford Elementary School is a small combined-grade school in Eastford, Connecticut, enrolling 173 students.
At 11.5:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the Connecticut median, within a few percentage points of the 12.1:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 30.5% lands close to the Connecticut typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 95% of Connecticut schools, with 173 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 1,003 scored Connecticut schools.
Against 56 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #20.
Its student body is predominantly White (83% of enrollment) (diversity index 30/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 182 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Attendance holds up well here: only 9.8% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.
Eastford School District operates only this one school, so Eastford Elementary School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 173 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Connecticut's single-school districts.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Eastford Elementary School compares
Eastford Elementary School on the metrics families compare, against Connecticut and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Connecticut | Connecticut avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 11.5:1 | ▼ 5% | 12.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 30.5% | ▼ 16% | 36.4% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 173 | top 95% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
11.5:1
Leaner classes than 79% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
173
Bigger than 17% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
30.5%
free-lunch eligible
- 16% below the Connecticut average of 36.4%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
11.5:1
students per teacher
- 5% below state mean
Top 48% in Connecticut - lower ratio than 52% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
9.8%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 5-10% range, close to the pre-pandemic national baseline.
Funding equity
$28,401
per pupil, district-wide
- above Connecticut avg of $23,870
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.9 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
7
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 4.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 4.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 82.7%
Hispanic or Latino 8.7%
Two or More 6.9%
African American 1.2%
Asian 0.6%
Largest group: White at 82.7% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 30.4/100
Simpson diversity index - at 30.4, Eastford Elementary School is less mixed than the Connecticut school average of 50.5.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Eastford School District, which includes Eastford Elementary School.
$28,401
Per student
+19%
vs Connecticut
Avg $23,870
+71%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 61.8%
State 34.4%
Federal 3.9%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Connecticut, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~173 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~11.5:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Eastford Elementary School
How many students attend Eastford Elementary School?
Eastford Elementary School has 173 students enrolled. It is a public school in Eastford, CT.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eastford Elementary School?
The student-teacher ratio at Eastford Elementary School is 11.5:1, which is 5% lower than the Connecticut average of 12.1:1 and 27% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Eastford Elementary School?
30.5% of students at Eastford Elementary School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Connecticut average of 36.4%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Eastford Elementary School?
The largest demographic group at Eastford Elementary School is White at 82.7% of enrollment, in Eastford, CT.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Eastford Elementary School?
Eastford Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 56/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Eastford School District?
None reported; Eastford School District operates only Eastford Elementary School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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