Holmes Elementary School
Darien, CT · Elementary School · Grades -1-5
Holmes Elementary School is a elementary school in Darien, CT with 434 students enrolled and a 71% proficiency rate. Part of Darien School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Holmes Elementary School is a elementary school located in Darien, Connecticut. The school serves 434 students in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.1:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 71% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Holmes Elementary School is part of the Darien School District in Connecticut.
How This School Compares
Holmes Elementary School has 434 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Darien School District (668 students). Its 71% proficiency rate is 5 percentage points above the district average of 67%. Compared to the Connecticut state average of 53%, the school performs 18 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Holmes Elementary School has 434 students enrolled in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.1:1.
According to EDFacts data, 71% of students at Holmes Elementary School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Holmes Elementary School is part of the Darien School District in Darien, Connecticut. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.