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Parkville Community School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
473rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 493 Connecticut Elementary Schools
Better than 4% of Connecticut elementary schools
Summary

Parkville Community School is an elementary school in Hartford, Connecticut, serving 375 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Hartford School District, which is ranked 154 out of 156 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Parkville Community School has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Connecticut elementary schools over the past decade, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's academic performance is significantly below state and district averages, with only 19.2% of 3rd graders, 10.2% of 4th graders, and 15.6% of 5th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 46.9%, 51.4%, and 52.5%, respectively. Parkville Community School also has extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.7% to 38.9% over the past few years, which is much higher than the state and district averages.

Interestingly, nearby schools within the Hartford School District, such as Breakthrough Magnet School South, Expeditionary Learning Academy at Moylan School, and Webster Micro Society Magnet School, generally outperform Parkville Community School on academic measures and have lower chronic absenteeism rates. This suggests that the school's poor performance is not solely due to the district's challenges, but may be specific to the school's own factors. Despite the school's high spending per student and low student-teacher ratio, the challenges at Parkville Community School appear to be related to other factors, such as instructional practices, school climate, or leadership.

351
Students ?
10.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$24,766
Per pupil spending ?
71.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 47 New Park Avenue
       Hartford, CT  06106

(860) 695-4720

District: Hartford School District


Students who attend Parkville Community School usually attend:

Middle:    McDonough Middle School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
70.1%
African American:
14.5%
White:
11.1%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 7th percentile in 2015 → 4th in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Connecticut average (18% vs 51% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (29% vs 17% Connecticut)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school18%
District avg20%
Connecticut avg51%
473rd of 493
Connecticut public elementary schools ?
Bottom 4%▼ down 2 pts since 2015
See the entire ranking list of Connecticut Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
11th of 15Elementary Schools in the Hartford School District
154th of 156Hartford 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
20256.6473 of 4934.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.5483 of 4972.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.4475 of 4913.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.5484 of 4901.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.6515 of 5384.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.9503 of 5223.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.9522 of 5321.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20173.1507 of 5192.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20162.6511 of 5181.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20156.8515 of 5516.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201317.0482 of 55713.5%★☆☆☆☆
201215.5491 of 56412.9%★☆☆☆☆
201137.7421 of 56525.5%★☆☆☆☆
201034.8447 of 57922.8%★☆☆☆☆
200933.5448 of 56620.8%★☆☆☆☆
200826.3466 of 56517.5%★☆☆☆☆
200720.8480 of 56815.5%★☆☆☆☆
200617.5492 of 57013.7%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202131.824 of 3429.4%★★☆☆☆
201943.36 of 933.3%★★☆☆☆
201817.64 of 850.0%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
20213.4454 of 4550.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202525.7102 of 13222.7%★☆☆☆☆
202419.698 of 11111.7%★☆☆☆☆
202320.597 of 10810.2%★☆☆☆☆
202118.7144 of 17316.8%★☆☆☆☆
201916.398 of 11212.5%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202116.4261 of 30213.6%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
20217.1409 of 4458.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202113.1334 of 37110.0%★☆☆☆☆
201821.48 of 80.0%★☆☆☆☆
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)
English Language Learner (2021)29th percentile+25 vs school
Hispanic (2025)23rd percentile+19 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2021)14th percentile+9 vs school
Special Education (2021)10th percentile+6 vs school
Male (2021)8th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2021)<1st percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs Connecticut (2024-2025) ?
Science23%-29 vs state
Mathematics21%-31 vs state
English Language Arts15%-35 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 351 students attended Parkville Community School.

Parkville Community School ranks in the bottom 4.1% of Connecticut elementary schools.

Students who attend Parkville Community School usually go on to attend:

Middle : McDonough Middle School

Students at Parkville Community School are 70% Hispanic, 15% African American, 11% White, 1% Asian, 1% American Indian, 1% Two or more races.


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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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