Essex School District

Summary:

The Essex School District in Connecticut has one school, Essex Elementary School, which serves grades PK-6 and has 299 students enrolled. The district is ranked 50 out of 156 districts in the state and is rated 3 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.

Essex Elementary School appears to be a standout school within the district, consistently ranking in the top 25% of Connecticut elementary schools for the past three years. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school is projected to rank 121 out of 493 elementary schools in the state, earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school consistently outperforms the state average in SBAC/English Language Arts, SBAC/Mathematics, and NGSS/Science assessments, with proficiency rates ranging from 61% to 73.5% compared to the state averages of 42.9% to 52.5%.

While the school has a slightly higher chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% compared to the state average, it has a relatively low percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 21.4%. The Essex School District also has a significantly higher per-student spending of $23,127 for the 2018-2019 school year, and Essex Elementary School has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 10.3 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year.

District Detail

1 Winthrop Road
Deep River, CT 06417

(860) 526-2417

SchoolDigger Rank:
50^th of 156 Connecticut districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-6
Students: 307

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 0
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NGSS Science (2025)	SBAC English Language Arts (2025)				SBAC Mathematics (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NGSS Science 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 4th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 3rd Grade	SBAC Mathematics 5th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 6th Grade	Total
Essex Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	108 Main St.	Centerbrook	06409	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Essex School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 767-8215	307	0	10.3	21.2%	254 (82.7%)	3 (1.0%)	37 (12.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.6%)	78.4	121^st of 493 public elementary schools	75.5%		79.5	115^th of 497 public elementary schools	76.9%	6	73.2	70.6	65.6	70.7	61.0	73.5	65.9	61.0	$27,228

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Regional School District 04	2.08 mi	2	60^th
Deep River School District	2.63 mi	1	53^rd
Westbrook School District	4.01 mi	3	69^th
Chester School District	4.19 mi	1	28^th
Old Saybrook School District	4.39 mi	3	67^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education.

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