Elementary school (grades K-5) · Falls Village, CT

Lee H. Kellogg School

Federal NCES profile for Lee H. Kellogg School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 61/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 090063000115
0/100100/10061/100
👥 S:T ratio
74
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
86
📋 Attendance
53
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Lee H. Kellogg School earns 61/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 99% of Connecticut schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Connecticut.

61
Resource Index · Higher
6.4:1
small classes for Connecticut
23.6%
free-lunch eligible
70
students enrolled

Lee H. Kellogg School has class sizes smaller than 99% of Connecticut schools. Computed live against every Connecticut school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

70

Connecticut · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

11.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

6.4:1

vs 12.1:1 Connecticut avg

-47% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

23.6%

vs 36.4% Connecticut avg

-35% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Lee H. Kellogg School compares with Connecticut and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:16.4:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Lee H. Kellogg School

Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing

Lee H. Kellogg School sits near the smaller end of the Connecticut enrollment distribution while also reporting a lower student-teacher ratio than most state schools. That pairing is consistent with a compact, teacher-dense setting, though small scale can limit the number of specialized courses or support roles a campus can sustain. The program and staffing sections below show whether the lean ratio extends beyond classroom teachers into broader student services.

Resource indicators are the standout signal

Lee H. Kellogg 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.

No single support indicator dominates

Lee H. Kellogg School's available federal support indicators do not reveal an extreme in advanced-course access, specialist staffing, chronic absence, or IDEA enrollment. The most responsible reading is therefore component by component rather than a sweeping verdict: current counseling availability, health support, program schedules, and attendance policy still warrant direct confirmation. Missing or middle-range federal fields are not evidence that services are either strong or weak.

Lee H. Kellogg School is a small elementary school in Falls Village, Connecticut, enrolling 70 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 6.4:1, Lee H. Kellogg School is leaner than roughly 99% of Connecticut schools and 47% under the state's 12.1:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 23.6% of students eligible for free meals.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 99% of Connecticut schools, with 70 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 1,003 scored Connecticut schools.

Against 16 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #3.

Its student body is predominantly White (87% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 24/100).

Counselor coverage is strong, about 70 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 18.6% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

The surrounding Canaan School District spends $38,676 per pupil, 62% above the Connecticut average, a better-resourced district than most.

Canaan School District operates only this one school, so Lee H. Kellogg School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 70 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 Lee H. Kellogg School compares

Lee H. Kellogg 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 6.4:1 ▼ 47% 12.1:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 23.6% ▼ 35% 36.4% 51.7%
Enrollment 70 top 99% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

6.4:1
Leaner classes than 97% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
70
Bigger than 7% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
23.6%
free-lunch eligible - 35% 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
6.4:1
students per teacher - 47% below state mean
Top 1% in Connecticut - lower ratio than 99% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
18.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 15-20% range, nearing the "high" absenteeism threshold.
Funding equity
$38,676
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
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 70 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
1
in-school suspensions + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 1.4 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 2.9 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 87.1%
Hispanic or Latino 5.7%
Two or More 2.9%
Asian 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 1.4%

Largest group: White at 87.1% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 23.7/100

Simpson diversity index - at 23.7, Lee H. Kellogg School is less mixed than the Connecticut school average of 50.5.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Canaan School District, which includes Lee H. Kellogg School.

$38,676
Per student
+62%
vs Connecticut
Avg $23,870
+133%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 81.6%
State 17.5%
Federal 0.9%

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 elementary 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.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Lee H. Kellogg School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Lee H. Kellogg School

How many students attend Lee H. Kellogg School?

Lee H. Kellogg School has 70 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Falls Village, CT.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Lee H. Kellogg School?

The student-teacher ratio at Lee H. Kellogg School is 6.4:1, which is 47% lower than the Connecticut average of 12.1:1 and 59% 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 Lee H. Kellogg School?

23.6% of students at Lee H. Kellogg School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Connecticut average of 36.4%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Lee H. Kellogg School?

The largest demographic group at Lee H. Kellogg School is White at 87.1% of enrollment, in Falls Village, CT.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Lee H. Kellogg School?

Lee H. Kellogg School has a Resource Investment Index of 61/100 (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 Canaan School District?

None reported; Canaan School District operates only Lee H. Kellogg School as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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