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Elementary Schools in Bristol School District


At a glance
DistrictBristol School District109th of 153 Connecticut districtsFull district overview →
7
Schools
3,691
Students
Top rankedEllen P. Hubbell School184th of 492 Connecticut elementary schools
Biggest riser
Greene-Hills School up 11 spots statewide this year
Smallest classes
Ellen P. Hubbell School 11.3 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
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Summary:

The Bristol School District in Connecticut is home to 7 elementary schools serving 3,691 students across two K-8 schools and five K-5 schools, operating in a high-poverty area where the district ranks 109th out of 153 Connecticut districts. School-level rankings vary widely, from Ellen P. Hubbell School at the 63rd percentile down to West Bristol School at the 28th percentile. Free/reduced-price lunch eligibility averages 56.7% across the district, with only Ivy Drive School below the majority-poverty threshold.

Ellen P. Hubbell School is the district's clear standout. It holds the best state rank (184th, 63rd percentile) and posts the highest proficiency in nearly every tested subject, including 5th-grade science at 66% and 4th-grade math at 65%. This is especially notable because Hubbell has the district's highest poverty rate (64.65%) yet still outperforms schools with lower poverty, aided by the lowest student-teacher ratio in the district at 11.3. Ivy Drive School has the best attendance (9.1% chronic absenteeism) and strong academics, but its rank has slipped from the 62nd percentile to the 47th percentile over the past three years. West Bristol School is the most challenged, ranking 352nd with the highest absenteeism (21.2%) and math scores far below state averages, while Stafford School spends the most per student ($15,912) but ranks 309th, demonstrating that higher spending alone does not guarantee results.

Math is the district's most systemic weakness. At Mountain View School, 5th-grade reading proficiency (63.3%) towers over math (38.8%), and Stafford shows a similar 21-point gap. The K-8 schools display a sharp decline in middle-grade math: at West Bristol, 6th-grade math proficiency of 30.9% falls to 22.4% by 8th grade. Chronic absenteeism varies dramatically across schools, from Ivy Drive's 9.1% to West Bristol's 21.2%. Yet Hubbell's average math proficiency of 58.7% exceeds every other school's ELA average, proving that high achievement is possible even under challenging demographic conditions.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education.

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