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Joseph O. Goodwin School

Q: Is Joseph O. Goodwin School a good school?

Joseph O. Goodwin School ranks 321 st of 493 Connecticut elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

321^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 493 Connecticut Elementary Schools

Better than 35% of Connecticut elementary schools

Summary

Joseph O. Goodwin School is an elementary school located in East Hartford, Connecticut, serving 337 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the East Hartford School District, which is ranked 130 out of 156 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Joseph O. Goodwin School's performance, as measured by SBAC/NGSS test scores, is generally below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades ranged from 33.3% to 47.5%, compared to the state averages of 46.9% to 52.5%. The school's performance is particularly low in Mathematics, with proficiency rates ranging from 33.3% to 39.5%, compared to the state average of 44.9% to 52.2%. Additionally, the school has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.7% to 22.8% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

Interestingly, the school's academic performance is generally lower than the nearby Dr. Thomas S. O'Connell School and Governor William Pitkin School, which have higher proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. In contrast, the nearby Hebron Avenue School, which is part of the Glastonbury School District, significantly outperforms Joseph O. Goodwin School and the East Hartford School District as a whole, with proficiency rates ranging from 59.8% to 84.3% across various grade levels and subjects.

334

Students ?

11.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,166

Per pupil spending ?

63.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1235 Forbes St.
East Hartford, CT 06118

(860) 622-5420

District: East Hartford School District

Students who attend Joseph O. Goodwin School usually attend:

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

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

45.2%

African American:

30.2%

White:

13.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 27th percentile in 2015 → 35th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 8 percentile points since 2015

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Connecticut average (40% vs 50% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Science scores 14 pts below the Connecticut average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school40%

District avg38%

Connecticut avg50%

321^st of 493

Connecticut public elementary schools ?

Bottom 35%▲ up 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 27% (2015) to bottom 35% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 8Elementary Schools in the East Hartford School District

130^th 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2025	31.0	321 of 493	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.0	342 of 497	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.4	346 of 491	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.3	373 of 490	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.1	341 of 538	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.7	370 of 522	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.5	392 of 532	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	27.3	378 of 519	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	45.0	293 of 518	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2015	29.9	403 of 551	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	35.1	421 of 557	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	23.4	469 of 564	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	31.8	442 of 565	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	51.5	361 of 579	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2009	52.2	360 of 566	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2008	38.3	418 of 565	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	46.7	386 of 568	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	39.7	407 of 570	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2024	14.1	202 of 237	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.1	293 of 455	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.7	191 of 242	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.4	220 of 259	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2025	39.1	72 of 132	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	58.7	30 of 108	72.2%	★★★★☆
2022	78.0	10 of 99	89.9%	★★★★★
2021	69.7	36 of 173	79.2%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	50.5	134 of 302	55.6%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2024	11.1	205 of 233	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.6	193 of 231	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.6	206 of 232	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.9	280 of 445	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	17.4	211 of 247	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.9	199 of 262	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	44.1	204 of 371	45.0%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2021)56th percentile+19 vs school

Hispanic (2025)45th percentile+11 vs school

Special Education (2021)45th percentile+8 vs school

Female (2024)15th percentile-16 vs school

Male (2024)12th percentile-19 vs school

By subject vs Connecticut (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts46%-3 vs state

Science38%-14 vs state

Mathematics37%-13 vs state

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Schools Near Joseph O. Goodwin School

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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 English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 3rd Grade	SBAC Mathematics 4th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 5th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 6th Grade	Total
Joseph O. Goodwin School	Public	K-5	1235 Forbes St.	East Hartford	06118	Capitol Planning Region	East Hartford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 622-5420	334	28	11.9	63.5%	44 (13.2%)	101 (30.2%)	151 (45.2%)	31 (9.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	31	321^st of 493 public elementary schools	34.9%		27	342^nd of 497 public elementary schools	31.2%	21	37.9	44.2	47.5			39.5	38.3	33.3		$20,166
Dr. Thomas S. O'Connell School	Public	K-5	305 May Rd.	East Hartford	06118	Capitol Planning Region	East Hartford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 622-5400	519	41	12.7	57.6%	102 (19.7%)	141 (27.2%)	244 (47.0%)	11 (2.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.7%)	42.5	271^st of 493 public elementary schools	45.0%		44	271^st of 497 public elementary schools	45.5%		51.7	46.1	40.4	57.5		47.1	40.4	48.3		$18,751
Governor William Pitkin School	Public	K-5	330 Hills St.	East Hartford	06118	Capitol Planning Region	East Hartford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 622-5480	345	27	12.9	52.2%	54 (15.7%)	96 (27.8%)	141 (40.9%)	38 (11.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.1%)	59.3	220^th of 493 public elementary schools	55.4%		53.4	235^th of 497 public elementary schools	52.7%	15		62.1	44.8	60.0		65.2	51.7	58.0		$19,308
Naubuc School	Public	K-5	84 Griswold St.	Glastonbury	06033	Capitol Planning Region	Glastonbury School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 652-7918	441	35	12.6	30.6%	210 (47.6%)	19 (4.3%)	90 (20.4%)	77 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (10.2%)	70.4	169^th of 493 public elementary schools	65.7%		76.8	132^nd of 497 public elementary schools	73.4%	37	54.7	59.8	62.8	65.1		74.4	67.9	62.8		$21,821
Riverside Magnet School at Goodwin University	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	29 Willowbrook Road	East Hartford	06118	Capitol Planning Region	Goodwin University Educational Services (GUES)	No	Yes	No	No	(860) 709-6800	481	34	14.1	56.8%	57 (11.9%)	152 (31.6%)	233 (48.4%)	12 (2.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.0%)	13.9	407^th of 493 public elementary schools	17.4%		8.1	454^th of 497 public elementary schools	8.7%	47	22.6	36.2				29.0	22.2	12.9		$22,131
Silver Lane School	Public	PK, KG-5	15 Mercer Ave.	East Hartford	06118	Capitol Planning Region	East Hartford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 622-5500	203	21	9.5	79.8%	10 (4.9%)	85 (41.9%)	107 (52.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	7.2	465^th of 493 public elementary schools	5.7%		16.5	385^th of 497 public elementary schools	22.5%	80		18.2				18.2		15.4		$23,676
Glastonbury/East Hartford Magnet School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	95 Oak Street	Glastonbury	06033	Capitol Planning Region	Capitol Region Education Council	No	Yes	No	Yes	(860) 633-4455	456	36	12.6	63.6%	70 (15.4%)	118 (25.9%)	197 (43.2%)	37 (8.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.0%)	13	413^th of 493 public elementary schools	16.2%		14.3	400^th of 497 public elementary schools	19.5%	13	35.9	16.1	20.7	32.8		25.8	25.9	21.9		$28,236
Dr. Franklin H. Mayberry School	Public	K-5	101 Great Hill Rd.	East Hartford	06108	Capitol Planning Region	East Hartford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 622-5720	310	28	10.9	70.6%	18 (5.8%)	76 (24.5%)	190 (61.3%)	7 (2.3%)	5 (1.6%)	2 (0.6%)	12 (3.9%)	15.5	399^th of 493 public elementary schools	19.1%		10.8	434^th of 497 public elementary schools	12.7%	35	40.0	23.6		35.6		22.2	23.1			$20,495
Hebron Avenue School	Public	K-5	1363 Hebron Avenue	Glastonbury	06033	Capitol Planning Region	Glastonbury School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 652-7875	458	33	13.7	7.0%	297 (64.8%)	8 (1.7%)	52 (11.4%)	70 (15.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.8%)	85.4	64^th of 493 public elementary schools	87.0%		89.3	38^th of 497 public elementary schools	92.4%	26	69.6	81.4	76.3	72.5		79.1	77.5	71.3		$21,114
Alfred W. Hanmer School	Public	PK, KG-6	50 Francis St.	Wethersfield	06109	Capitol Planning Region	Wethersfield School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 571-8370	280	26	10.7	33.6%	203 (72.5%)	14 (5.0%)	35 (12.5%)	13 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	14 (5.0%)	79.7	109^th of 493 public elementary schools	77.9%		71.5	162^nd of 497 public elementary schools	67.4%	53	75.7	72.0		64.9	73.2	78.0	61.4		61.0	$23,604

Frequently Asked Questions about Joseph O. Goodwin School

What district is Joseph O. Goodwin School in?

East Hartford School District

Is Joseph O. Goodwin School a good school?

Joseph O. Goodwin School ranks 321^st of 493 Connecticut elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Joseph O. Goodwin School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 334 students attended Joseph O. Goodwin School.

What is the racial makeup of Joseph O. Goodwin School?

Students at Joseph O. Goodwin School are 45% Hispanic, 30% African American, 13% White, 9% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Joseph O. Goodwin School attend?

Students who attend Joseph O. Goodwin School usually go on to attend:

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

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