Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 4
West School, New Canaan, CT
West School is a public elementary school in New Canaan, part of New Canaan School District. It enrolled 481 students in 2024-25, with 11.7 students per full-time teacher.
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 481
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.0
- Students per teacher
- 11.7
- Grades
- PK to 4
This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 11.4. 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
District11.4
Connecticut12.3
United States15.3
School details
- Address
- 769 Ponus Ridge, New Canaan, CT 06840
- Phone
- (203)594-4410
- District
- New Canaan School District
- County
- Western Connecticut Planning Region
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 090270000534
Related schools
Other elementary schools in New Canaan School District
- East School 554 students
- South School 477 students
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.