Summary:
The Brooklyn School District contains a single elementary school, Brooklyn Elementary School, serving grades PK–4 with 469 students in the Brooklyn, CT area. This school is the sole elementary option in the district, which itself ranks in the 34th percentile statewide, so all comparisons focus on how the school performs against Connecticut averages and its own recent trends.
Brooklyn Elementary School shows a mix of strengths and concerns. A clear bright spot is 3rd grade math, where 56.6% of students scored proficient in 2025–2026, outpacing the state average of 52.2%. The school also keeps chronic absenteeism at 11.7%, well below the state’s 16.4%, and enjoys a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.7 to 1. However, 4th grade performance is a major worry: ELA proficiency fell from 50.0% to 35.7% and math from 63.0% to 47.6% in just one year, while state scores remained stable. This sharp decline helps explain why the school’s statewide ranking slipped from the 54th percentile (3 stars) in 2023–2024 to the 40th percentile (2 stars) in 2025–2026.
Literacy remains a persistent weakness, with both 3rd grade (42.1%) and 4th grade (35.7%) ELA proficiency below state averages, and the 4th grade gap is especially large at 15.2 percentage points. While chronic absenteeism is better than the state average, it is higher than the district average of 9.4%, suggesting targeted groups may need extra support. The most recent per-student spending figure is from 2018–2019 at $13,107, making it hard to assess current funding levels. Overall, Brooklyn Elementary School has solid foundations like small classes and strong 3rd grade math, but the dramatic 4th grade declines and persistent ELA gaps call for immediate attention in literacy and upper-grade instruction.
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