Best Elementary Schools in Connecticut for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Connecticut Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Connecticut test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the NGSS and SBAC test scores by the Connecticut Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, August 29, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 72)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
090096000144	1	George Hersey Robertson School	Public	3-5	227 Cross Street	Coventry	06238	Tolland County	Coventry School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 742-7341	358	28	12.8	24.0%	297 (83.0%)	2 (0.6%)	32 (8.9%)	6 (1.7%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.3%)	$14,978							98.6%	91.6%	6.96%
090462000934	2	Middlebrook School	Public	K-5	220 Middlebrooks Ave.	Trumbull	06611	Fairfield County	Trumbull School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 452-4411	507	38	13.3	22.7%	273 (53.8%)	39 (7.7%)	114 (22.5%)	71 (14.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.6%)	$16,223							97.2%	86.8%	10.46%
090051000099	3	Ivy Drive School	Public	PK, KG-5	160 Ivy Dr.	Bristol	06010	Hartford County	Bristol School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 584-7844	359	27	13.1	47.6%	200 (55.7%)	30 (8.4%)	99 (27.6%)	9 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.8%)	$16,370							95.8%	72.5%	23.33%
090444000898	4	Eli Whitney School	Public	K-6	1130 Huntington Road	Stratford	06615	Fairfield County	Stratford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 385-4198	466	32	14.4	42.3%	186 (39.9%)	89 (19.1%)	157 (33.7%)	15 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.9%)	$17,911							94.4%	70.3%	24.18%
090273001195	5	Meeting House Hill School	Public	3-5	24 Gillotti Rd.	New Fairfield	06812	Fairfield County	New Fairfield School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 312-5905	442	41	10.7	15.6%	338 (76.5%)	4 (0.9%)	77 (17.4%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	15 (3.4%)	$19,126							93.1%	75.4%	17.70%
090075000126	6	Doolittle School	Public	K-6	735 Cornwall Ave.	Cheshire	06410	New Haven County	Cheshire School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 272-3549	484	31	15.7	21.9%	365 (75.4%)	18 (3.7%)	35 (7.2%)	31 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.2%)	$17,611							91.7%	78.4%	13.26%
090156001368	7	West Woods Upper Elementary School	Public	5-6	50 Judson Ln.	Farmington	06032	Hartford County	Farmington School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 284-1230	608	49	12.3	18.6%	334 (54.9%)	34 (5.6%)	59 (9.7%)	140 (23.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.7%)	$19,455							90.3%	89.8%	0.46%
090051000106	8	Stafford School	Public	K-5	212 Louisiana Ave.	Bristol	06010	Hartford County	Bristol School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 584-7824	340	28	12.2	59.4%	135 (39.7%)	29 (8.5%)	148 (43.5%)	8 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.9%)	$18,069							88.9%	46.8%	42.05%
090051000105	9	South Side School	Public	PK, KG-5	21 Tuttle Rd.	Bristol	06010	Hartford County	Bristol School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 584-7812	491	33	14.8	57.4%	241 (49.1%)	33 (6.7%)	185 (37.7%)	9 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.5%)	$14,325							87.5%	53.0%	34.55%
090240000448	10	Nathan Hale School	Public	PK, KG-5	277 Atkins St. Ext.	Meriden	06450	New Haven County	Meriden School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 237-7486	530	37	14.3	72.6%	132 (24.9%)	62 (11.7%)	302 (57.0%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.9%)	$14,220							86.1%	47.9%	38.25%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SBAC English Language Arts, SBAC Mathematics, NGSS Science test scores released by the Connecticut Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2023, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Connecticut Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Connecticut Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.