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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 4

John Paterson School, Newington, CT

John Paterson School is a public elementary school in Newington, part of Newington School District. It enrolled 394 students in 2024-25, with 11.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
394
Teachers (FTE)
33.0
Students per teacher
11.9
Grades
PK to 4

This school's ratio is 0.9 lower than the district figure of 12.8. The Connecticut average across schools is 12.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.9
District12.8
Connecticut12.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
120 Church Street, Newington, CT 06111
Phone
(860)666-4657
District
Newington School District
County
Capitol Planning Region
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
090288000606
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
106
Reduced-price lunch
36
Free or reduced-price lunch
14236.0% 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.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Newington School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

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.