About Regional School District 18
Regional School District 18 is a public school system serving Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region County, Connecticut, based in Old Lyme. It serves 1,281 students across 5 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: fringe district. By enrollment it is the #103 largest of Connecticut’s 200 school systems.
Size and structure
Regional School District 18 enrolls 1,281 students in 5 schools — an average of about 256 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #103 of 200 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Regional School District 18, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,281 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Regional School District 18 employs about 118 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1 — below the Connecticut average of about 11.8:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 298.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Connecticut funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Regional School District 18 are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Connecticut rates schools and districts through its Next Generation Accountability System on EdSight, combining 12 indicators (achievement, academic growth, English-learner progress, chronic absenteeism, graduation and postsecondary readiness) into an overall index. Look up Regional School District 18 on the EdSight accountability portal.
Accreditation status
Connecticut public schools are overseen chiefly through the state’s own approval and accountability system; the main voluntary K–12 accreditor in the region is NEASC (the New England Association of Schools and Colleges). Search Regional School District 18’s schools in the NEASC directory.
Regional School District 18 vs. Connecticut
See every Connecticut district side by side in the Connecticut directory.
Look up Regional School District 18’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):