Middle · Regular · Grades 5 to 8

East Lyme Middle School, Niantic, CT

East Lyme Middle School is a public middle school in Niantic, part of East Lyme School District. It enrolled 716 students in 2024-25, with 11.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 716
Teachers (FTE): 61.0
Students per teacher: 11.7
Grades: 5 to 8

This school's ratio is 1.7 higher than the district figure of 10.0. The Connecticut average across schools is 12.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.7

District10.0

Connecticut12.3

United States15.3

School details

Address: 31 Society Rd., Niantic, CT 06357
Phone: (860)739-4491
District: East Lyme School District
County: Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID: 090132000224

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School meals

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

Free lunch: 154
Reduced-price lunch: 44
Free or reduced-price lunch: 19827.7% 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.