Elementary · Connecticut

Discovery Academy

Free meals for all

Discovery Academy, a public elementary school in Wethersfield, Connecticut: grades pre-k–5, 522 students, 14.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Capitol Region Education Council.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 522
Teachers (FTE): 37.0
Students per teacher: 14.1
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 80% of elementary schools in Connecticut

Median 12.2 · 594 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 55% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 86% of elementary schools in Connecticut

Median 369 · 598 schools compared

Larger than 70% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Capitol Region Education Council

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Capitol Region Education Council.

Location

Address: 176 Cumberland Avenue, Wethersfield, CT 06109
Phone: (860)296-2090
City or town: Wethersfield
County: Capitol Planning Region

Website Quality of life in Wethersfield Schools in Wethersfield

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Charles Wright SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	235	11.6	0.4 mi
Naylor/CCSU Leadership AcademyFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	372	14.6	0.7 mi
Alfred W. Hanmer SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	280	10.8	1.0 mi
Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language AcademyFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	651	14.0	1.0 mi
Emerson-Williams SchoolFree meals for all	K–6	408	14.1	1.2 mi
Kennelly SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	628	14.1	1.4 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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