Elementary Schools in Plainville School District

Summary:

The Plainville School District in Connecticut is home to three elementary schools serving grades K-5: Linden Street School, Louis Toffolon School, and Frank T. Wheeler School. Based on the available data, Louis Toffolon School stands out as the highest-performing elementary school in the district, consistently outranking the other two schools and the state average on various academic measures.

Louis Toffolon School received a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger and ranked 166 out of 493 Connecticut elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year, the highest ranking among the three schools. The school also outperformed the district and state averages on SBAC/English Language Arts and SBAC/Mathematics tests across multiple grade levels. In contrast, Linden Street School had the lowest test scores, with several grades performing below the district and state averages.

While all three schools had the same chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% for the 2023-2024 school year, which is higher than the state average, the student-teacher ratios varied, with Frank T. Wheeler School having the lowest ratio at 10:1 and Louis Toffolon School having the highest at 13.3:1. Additionally, the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch ranged from 36.44% at Louis Toffolon School to 48.1% at Linden Street School, which may be a factor in the schools' performance.

District Detail

1 Central Square
Plainville, CT 06062

(860) 793-3200

SchoolDigger Rank:
88^th of 156 Connecticut districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 2,199

Primary Schools: 3
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NGSS Science (2025)	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	NGSS Science 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 4th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 3rd Grade	SBAC Mathematics 4th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 5th Grade	Total
Frank T. Wheeler School	Public	PK, KG-5	15 Cleverland Memorial Dr.	Plainville	06062	Capitol Planning Region	Plainville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 793-3290	262	24	10.7	46.9%	148 (56.5%)	15 (5.7%)	71 (27.1%)	11 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	16 (6.1%)	53.5	243^rd of 493 public elementary schools	50.7%		52.4	240^th of 497 public elementary schools	51.7%	3				74.4	57.1	34.2	48.7	$21,449
Linden Street School	Public	PK, KG-5	69 Linden St.	Plainville	06062	Capitol Planning Region	Plainville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 793-3270	363	34	10.5	47.4%	223 (61.4%)	23 (6.3%)	97 (26.7%)	8 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.3%)	49.6	253^rd of 493 public elementary schools	48.7%		38.7	291^st of 497 public elementary schools	41.4%	38	53.1	45.8	58.3	53.1	53.4	50.0		$20,442
Louis Toffolon School	Public	PK, KG-5	145 NorthWest Dr.	Plainville	06062	Capitol Planning Region	Plainville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 793-3280	365	25	14.4	40.5%	230 (63.0%)	21 (5.8%)	91 (24.9%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	13 (3.6%)	71.2	166^th of 493 public elementary schools	66.3%		64.9	194^th of 497 public elementary schools	61.0%	28		55.2	80.4	67.2	50.0	82.4	60.7	$21,321

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bristol School District	1.09 mi	13	102^nd
Judicial Centers	1.49 mi	14
Farmington School District	2.02 mi	7	17^th
Southington School District	2.97 mi	15	48^th
New Britain School District	3.8 mi	15	155^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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