Summary:
Hebron School District is a small, elementary-only district in Connecticut with 2 schools serving a total of 681 students in grades PK through 6, with no middle or high schools in the district. The district ranks 63rd out of 153 Connecticut districts (3 stars), and its two schools – Hebron Elementary School (grades 3–6, 364 students) and Gilead Hill School (grades PK–2, 317 students) – split the grade bands cleanly, meaning all state testing happens at Hebron Elementary.
Hebron Elementary School is the clear academic standout, outperforming state averages in every grade and subject, often by wide margins – for example, 6th grade math proficiency is 74.4% vs. 44.4% statewide, and 6th grade ELA is 75.6% vs. 51.2%. The school has earned 4 stars in the last two ranking cycles (130th and 136th of roughly 490 schools). Year-over-year results are mixed, with strong gains in 6th grade but notable drops in 4th grade and 5th grade science; overall averages remain stable. The school also has a very low chronic absenteeism rate of 3.7%, compared to the state’s 16.4%. Gilead Hill School, by contrast, has no test data since it serves PK–2, but its chronic absenteeism rate is 10.5% – nearly three times higher than Hebron Elementary’s, despite both schools having nearly identical free/reduced lunch rates (17.7% vs. 16.8%) and student-teacher ratios (11.1 vs. 11.0).
Spending is similar but slightly higher at Gilead Hill School at $17,976 per pupil vs. $17,375 at Hebron Elementary School, possibly reflecting the cost of early-childhood programming, though the data is from 2018–2019. Because students leave the district after 6th grade, Hebron Elementary’s 5th and 6th grade results are especially important as the final measured preparation for secondary school. Overall, the district offers a solid upper-elementary academic foundation with strong state rankings, while the main area to watch is early childhood attendance at Gilead Hill, which falls well below the state average but is still notably higher than the district’s other school.
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