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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 4

Middle Gate Elementary School, Newtown, CT

Middle Gate Elementary School is a public elementary school in Newtown, part of Newtown School District. It enrolled 397 students in 2024-25, with 11.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
397
Teachers (FTE)
35.0
Students per teacher
11.3
Grades
K to 4

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 11.2. The Connecticut average across schools is 12.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.3
District11.2
Connecticut12.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
7 Cold Spring Rd., Newtown, CT 06470
Phone
(203)426-7662
District
Newtown School District
County
Western Connecticut Planning Region
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
090291000614
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
35
Reduced-price lunch
11
Free or reduced-price lunch
4611.6% 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 Newtown 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.