Elementary Schools in Columbia School District

Summary:

The Columbia School District in Connecticut has only one elementary school, Horace W. Porter School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. The school's performance has been inconsistent, with a 2-star rating for the 2024-2025 school year, a 3-star rating in 2023-2024, and a 2-star rating in 2022-2023.

Academically, Horace W. Porter School generally performs above the state average in English Language Arts (ELA) across different grade levels, but its Mathematics performance is more mixed, with some grades performing above the state average and others performing below. The school has a relatively high free and reduced-price lunch rate of 23.79%, indicating a significant population of students from low-income families. However, the school has a low student-teacher ratio of 10.8, suggesting relatively small class sizes.

While Horace W. Porter School has some strengths, such as its above-average ELA proficiency and small class sizes, it also faces challenges in maintaining consistent academic achievement, particularly in Mathematics. The school's higher per-student spending of $21,347 for the 2018-2019 school year may indicate a focus on investing in educational programs, but further analysis is needed to understand how these funds are being utilized and their impact on student outcomes.

District Detail

3 Schoolhouse Road
Columbia, CT 06237

(860) 228-9493

SchoolDigger Rank:
94^th of 156 Connecticut districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 440

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 0
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SBAC English Language Arts (2025)						SBAC Mathematics (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SBAC English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 4th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 4th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 5th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 6th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 7th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 8th Grade	Total
Horace W. Porter School	Public	PK, KG-8	3 Schoolhouse Road	Columbia	06237	Capitol Planning Region	Columbia School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 228-9493	440	45	9.8	22.0%	367 (83.4%)	2 (0.5%)	47 (10.7%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.5%)	46.6	258^th of 493 public elementary schools	47.7%		52.5	239^th of 497 public elementary schools	51.9%	19	50.0	41.0	58.5	47.7	57.1	59.2	64.1	35.8	40.9	48.2	51.0	$24,686

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Andover School District	3.75 mi	2	68^th
Coventry School District	3.85 mi	6
Windham School District	4.02 mi	7	142^nd
Connecticut Technical Education and Career System	4.29 mi	17	144^th
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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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