[3] The Depot Campus, also in Mansfield, provides a non-traditional model of education, emphasizing internships and smaller classes.

[4][5] E. O. Smith was established in 1958 as a laboratory school for research and teacher training for the University of Connecticut, serving the towns of Ashford and Mansfield.

[2] In the early 2000s, the district superintendent, Bruce Silva, oversaw a referendum for a $31.5 million expansion and renovation at E.O.

While enrollment has been flat since the 2018-19 school year (1,091 students), the number of teachers has fallen, so the student-teacher ratio has increased (from 11.2 to 12.7).

[1][7] About one quarter (26%) of students come from poor households (measured by how many qualify for free or reduced-price school lunch).

Smith offers a general secondary education curriculum, including foreign languages, science courses, history, English, etc.

It has a special program in agriscience, tracing to its proximity to and history as part of UConn, which began as the Storrs Agricultural College.

Smith has hosted the New England Frag Farmer's Market for fifteen years, and it has become the biggest one-day coral event in the country, with over 1,500 attendees in 2019.

[10][11] During a three-year period from 1980 to 1983, the boys' soccer team won all but two games in the Eastern Connecticut Conference.

Benson was a three time all-conference selection and was named All-New England and all-state as a high school senior.

[18] Yorks won two NCAA championships with the University of Virginia team, and then went on to a career in Major League Soccer.

[20] Several E. O. Smith actors have also won individual awards for their performances in the shows or in the Connecticut Drama Association Monologue Contest.