Prekindergarten · Special education · Grades PK

Center School, Old Lyme, CT

Center School is a public prekindergarten school in Old Lyme, part of Regional School District 18. It enrolled 80 students in 2024-25, with 16.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 80
Teachers (FTE): 5.0
Students per teacher: 16.0
Grades: PK

This school's ratio is 5.1 higher than the district figure of 10.9. The Connecticut average across schools is 12.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.0

District10.9

Connecticut12.3

United States15.3

School details

Address: 49 Lyme St., Old Lyme, CT 06371
Phone: (860)434-7238
District: Regional School District 18
County: Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
Level: Prekindergarten
Type: Special education
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID: 090354000761

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 11
Reduced-price lunch: 1
Free or reduced-price lunch: 1215.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.