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White students made up the largest ethnic group in Tolland County schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Connecticut State Department of Education.

Of the 17,971 students attending the county's schools, 73.4% were white.

Hispanic students were the second-largest ethnic group in Tolland County at the time, making up 11.9% of total enrollment.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most represented group in the county, comprising 75.6% of the student body.

Coventry Academy had the most diverse student body in the county, including .

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in the county dropped to 1.6% when compared to the previous year.

Student enrollment has been dropping in Connecticut’s public schools for over a decade now. With the exception of a slight relief in the 2021-22 school year, schools in the state have lost more than 30,000 students since 2014.

School	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Students
Andover Elementary School	White	84.9%	205
Birch Grove Primary School	White	79.3%	552
Bolton Center School	White	76.7%	481
Bolton High School	White	74.9%	215
Capt. Nathan Hale School	White	83.2%	381
Center Road School	White	53.7%	451
Center School	White	82.5%	456
Center School	White	37.7%	456
Coventry Academy	American Indian or Alaska Native	0%	12
Coventry Grammar School	White	86.7%	360
Coventry High School	White	87.9%	406
Crystal Lake School	White	79.3%	309
E. O. Smith High School	White	72.6%	1,033
Ellington High School	White	75.8%	716
Ellington Middle School	White	71.2%	371
George Hersey Robertson School	White	84.9%	350
Gilead Hill School	White	86.7%	338
Hall Memorial School	White	83.1%	178
Hebron Elementary School	White	89.8%	363
Horace W. Porter School	White	84.8%	475
Lake Street School	White	62.8%	242
Mabelle B. Avery Middle School	White	87.3%	308
Mansfield Elementary School	White	61%	580
Mansfield Middle School	White	64.4%	421
Maple Street School	Hispanic	33.1%	257
Northeast School	White	47.4%	249
RHAM High School	White	85.1%	779
RHAM Middle School	White	84.3%	369
Rockville High School	White	57.5%	975
Skinner Road School	White	38.5%	317
Somers Elementary School	White	88.1%	658
Somers High School	White	87.7%	382
Stafford Elementary School	White	85.8%	458
Stafford High School	White	87.5%	375
Stafford Middle School	White	84.1%	301
Tolland High School	White	81.3%	700
Tolland Intermediate School	White	78.7%	470
Tolland Middle School	White	81.5%	460
Union School	White	92.2%	51
Vernon Center Middle School	White	46.8%	684
West Stafford School	White	86.4%	176
Windermere School	White	58.4%	651