There were 4,518 students enrolled in Shelton School District in the 2024-25 school year, 0.1% more than the previous year, according to the Connecticut State Department of Education.
Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 55.1% of the district’s total enrollment.
Shelton School District roughly covers eight schools within Fairfield County and has a main office in Shelton.
Among those schools, Shelton High School recorded the highest enrollment of 1,308 students in the 2024-25 school year.
Connecticut’s public school enrollment has been in continuous decline over the past decade, falling to an estimated 508,402 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to state data. That represents a drop of about 4,250 students from the prior year and roughly 33,400 fewer students than a decade ago, extending a long-running downward trend in statewide enrollment.
A similar pattern also appears in nonpublic schools. Data from the Connecticut State Department of Education shows about 53,000 students were enrolled in nonpublic schools in 2023-24, slightly fewer than in 2019-20 and well below levels in the late 2010s.
| School | Total Enrollment in 2023-24 | Total Enrollment in 2024-25 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelton High School | 1,311 | 1,308 | -0.2% |
| Intermediate School | 752 | 714 | -5.1% |
| Perry Hill Elementary School | 701 | 711 | 1.4% |
| Elizabeth Shelton School | 425 | 405 | -4.7% |
| Mohegan School | 337 | 325 | -3.6% |
| Long Hill School | 319 | 307 | -3.8% |
| Booth Hill School | 283 | 304 | 7.4% |
| Sunnyside School | 224 | 229 | 2.2% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Connecticut State Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
