There were 1,030 students enrolled in Old Saybrook School District in the 2023-24 school year, 3.7% less than the previous year, according to the Connecticut State Department of Education.
Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 77.2% of the district’s total enrollment.
Old Saybrook School District roughly covers three schools within Middlesex County and has a main office in Old Saybrook.
Among those schools, Kathleen E. Goodwin School recorded the highest enrollment of 380 students in the 2023-24 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 2022-23 | Total Enrollment in 2023-24 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen E. Goodwin School | 401 | 380 | -5.2% |
| Old Saybrook Senior High School | 347 | 345 | -0.6% |
| Old Saybrook Middle School | 317 | 301 | -5% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Connecticut State Department of Education. The source data can be found here.