Summary:
Wethersfield, Connecticut is served by a single public high school, Wethersfield High School, which enrolls 1,146 students in grades 9–12 as part of the Wethersfield School District, a district ranked 87th out of 153 in the state.
Because Wethersfield High School is the only high school in the city, the analysis focuses on its performance relative to district and state benchmarks. The school stands out for strong engagement: its graduation rate is 96.2%, well above the state’s 91.2%, and chronic absenteeism is just 6.7% — less than half the statewide rate of 16.4%. Academically, the school outperforms the state in both SAT ELA (60.2% proficient vs. 55.3%) and NGSS science (51.7% vs. 50.5%), but trails in SAT math (27.6% vs. 31.3%). This creates a very large ELA–math gap of 32.6 percentage points, noticeably wider than the statewide gap of 24 points, making math the school’s clearest academic challenge. Compared to its district, the school is slightly ahead in graduation, ELA, math, and science, while chronic absenteeism (6.7%) is just a hair above the district’s 6.5%.
The school has maintained a 3-star SchoolDigger rating for three straight years, but its percentile rank has slipped from the 62nd to the 53rd percentile, and both ELA and math proficiency declined year-over-year (ELA down 4.4 points, math down 2.3 points), while science improved slightly. About 25.9% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating moderate economic diversity that is worth keeping in context. Per-student spending of $16,919 dates back to 2018–2019, so it should be treated as a baseline rather than a current figure. Overall, Wethersfield High School is a solid, above-average school with excellent graduation and attendance outcomes, but the persistent math deficit and recent downward trends in test scores and rankings warrant monitoring in the years ahead.
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