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Anna E. Norris School

Public Grades K-5
376th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 493 Connecticut Elementary Schools
Better than 24% of Connecticut elementary schools
Summary

Anna E. Norris School is an elementary school in East Hartford, Connecticut, serving 255 students in grades K-5. The school faces significant challenges, including consistently low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and a high concentration of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

Academically, Anna E. Norris School lags behind both the East Hartford School District and the state of Connecticut. In 2024-2025, only 32.6% of 3rd graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 46.9% statewide. This pattern holds true across grade levels and subject areas. The school also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.7% to 22.8% in recent years, significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, the school has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 69.02% to 85.55% in recent years.

When comparing Anna E. Norris School to nearby schools in the East Hartford School District, it consistently performs worse academically. For example, in 2024-2025, Dr. John A. Langford School had significantly higher proficiency rates in ELA and Math compared to Anna E. Norris School. Over the past several years, Anna E. Norris School's statewide ranking has steadily declined, from 464 out of 522 Connecticut elementary schools in 2018-2019 to 376 out of 493 in 2024-2025, and its SchoolDigger rating has remained at 1 star out of 5 during this period.

279
Students ?
10.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$20,893
Per pupil spending ?
70.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 40 Remington Rd.
       East Hartford, CT  06108

(860) 622-5740

District: East Hartford School District


Students who attend Anna E. Norris School usually attend:

Middle:    East Hartford Middle School
High:    East Hartford High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
60.9%
African American:
22.6%
White:
9.0%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 6th percentile in 2013 → 24th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 18 percentile points since 2013
Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Connecticut average (31% vs 49% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)
!Science scores 27 pts below the Connecticut average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school31%
District avg38%
Connecticut avg49%
376th of 493
Connecticut public elementary schools ?
Bottom 24%▲ up 8 pts since 2015
From bottom 15% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
5th of 8Elementary Schools in the East Hartford School District
130th of 156East Hartford School District among Connecticut districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202518.4376 of 49323.7%★☆☆☆☆
202418.6373 of 49724.9%★☆☆☆☆
202314.0403 of 49117.9%★☆☆☆☆
202110.9473 of 53812.1%★☆☆☆☆
20199.8464 of 52211.1%★☆☆☆☆
20186.8484 of 5329.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20174.1501 of 5193.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20164.6489 of 5185.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201515.1467 of 55115.2%★☆☆☆☆
20137.7521 of 5576.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20126.8539 of 5644.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20117.4538 of 5654.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20105.1556 of 5794.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20099.8520 of 5668.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200820.5478 of 56515.4%★☆☆☆☆
200728.4457 of 56819.5%★☆☆☆☆
200619.6479 of 57016.0%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
20215.6436 of 4554.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202545.555 of 13258.3%★★★☆☆
202351.140 of 10863.0%★★★☆☆
201931.578 of 11230.4%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202120.7245 of 30218.9%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202112.2385 of 44513.5%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202118.6310 of 37116.4%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Hispanic (2025)58th percentile+35 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2021)19th percentile+7 vs school
Special Education (2021)16th percentile+4 vs school
Male (2021)13th percentile~ school
Female (2021)4th percentile-8 vs school
By subject vs Connecticut (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts33%-16 vs state
Mathematics31%-17 vs state
Science26%-27 vs state

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Students who attend Anna E. Norris School usually go on to attend:

Middle : East Hartford Middle School
High : East Hartford High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 279 students attended Anna E. Norris School.

Anna E. Norris School ranks in the bottom 23.7% of Connecticut elementary schools.

Students at Anna E. Norris School are 61% Hispanic, 23% African American, 9% White, 5% Two or more races, 3% Asian.


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