Enrollment
97
Connecticut · 2024-25 NCES data
Elementary school (grades K-5) · Sharon, CT
Sharon Center School
Federal NCES profile for Sharon Center 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 090402000795
👥 S:T ratio 81
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 81
📋 Attendance 51
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Sharon Center 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
- 4.8:1
- small classes for Connecticut
- 32.0%
- free-lunch eligible
- 97
- students enrolled
Sharon Center School has class sizes smaller than 99% of Connecticut schools. Computed live against every Connecticut school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Sharon School District · Connecticut
NCES ID 090402000795 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
20.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
4.8:1
vs 12.1:1 Connecticut avg
-60% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
32.0%
vs 36.4% Connecticut avg
-12% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Sharon Center School compares with Connecticut and U.S. medians
What stands out at Sharon Center School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Sharon Center 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
Sharon Center 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
Sharon Center 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.
Sharon Center School is a small elementary school in Sharon, Connecticut, enrolling 97 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 4.8:1, Sharon Center School is leaner than roughly 99% of Connecticut schools and 60% under the state's 12.1:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 32.0% 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 98% of Connecticut schools, with 97 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 1,003 scored Connecticut schools.
Against 17 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #4.
Its student body is predominantly White (81% of enrollment) (diversity index 32/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 97 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 19.6% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.
The surrounding Sharon School District spends $62,781 per pupil, 163% above the Connecticut average, a better-resourced district than most.
Sharon School District operates only this one school, so Sharon Center School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 97 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 Sharon Center School compares
Sharon Center 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 | 4.8:1 | ▼ 60% | 12.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 32.0% | ▼ 12% | 36.4% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 97 | top 98% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
4.8:1
Leaner classes than 99% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
97
Bigger than 10% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
32.0%
free-lunch eligible
- 12% 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
4.8:1
students per teacher
- 60% below state mean
Top 1% in Connecticut - lower ratio than 100% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
19.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 15-20% range, nearing the "high" absenteeism threshold.
Funding equity
$62,781
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 97 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
2
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 2.1 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 2.1 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 81.4%
Hispanic or Latino 14.4%
Two or More 3.1%
African American 1.0%
Largest group: White at 81.4% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 31.6/100
Simpson diversity index - at 31.6, Sharon Center School is less mixed than the Connecticut school average of 50.5.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Sharon School District, which includes Sharon Center School.
$62,781
Per student
+163%
vs Connecticut
Avg $23,870
+278%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 75.8%
State 11.8%
Federal 12.4%
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.
Similar enrollment (~97 students)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Sharon Center School
How many students attend Sharon Center School?
Sharon Center School has 97 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Sharon, CT.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sharon Center School?
The student-teacher ratio at Sharon Center School is 4.8:1, which is 60% lower than the Connecticut average of 12.1:1 and 69% 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 Sharon Center School?
32.0% of students at Sharon Center School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Connecticut average of 36.4%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Sharon Center School?
The largest demographic group at Sharon Center School is White at 81.4% of enrollment, in Sharon, CT.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Sharon Center School?
Sharon Center 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 Sharon School District?
None reported; Sharon School District operates only Sharon Center School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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