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DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School

Q: Is DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School a good school?

DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School ranks in the bottom 8.4% of Connecticut elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 819 students attended DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School?

Students at DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School are 81% Hispanic, 9% White, 7% African American, 3% Two or more races.

Public Grades K-8

450^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 491 Connecticut Elementary Schools

Better than 8% of Connecticut elementary schools

Summary

DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School serves 819 students in grades K–8 in New Britain, CT, and operates within the New Britain School District. The school has ranked in the bottom 10% of Connecticut elementary schools for a decade, though it has shown modest improvement — moving from the 2nd percentile in 2021–2022 to the 8th percentile in 2025–2026. DiLoreto serves a high-poverty population, with 74.4% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, a figure far higher than at schools in nearby Farmington.

Academic proficiency is very low across nearly all subjects and grades. In 2025–2026, average proficiency was approximately 17% in English language arts and 15% in math, compared with state averages of about 50% and 45–52%, respectively. For low-income students, the school ranked last among 69 schools statewide. The contrast with nearby schools is stark: Holmes Elementary, just a few miles away in the same district and serving a similarly high-poverty population, posted 45% 4th-grade ELA proficiency versus DiLoreto's 13.5%. The gap with Noah Wallace School in Farmington is even more extreme, with proficiency rates often above 70%. DiLoreto also has the highest student–teacher ratio (15.6) of all nearby schools compared.

There are some relative bright spots. Chronic absenteeism at 20.3% is well below the district average of 32.0%, and it has improved from 26.4% a few years ago. Upper grades show some strength — 6th-grade math and ELA exceeded district averages, and 8th-grade science proficiency was 26.7% versus the district's 16.4%. However, 8th-grade math is a major outlier in the wrong direction at just 6.7% proficient. The most encouraging sign is that schools like Holmes and Gaffney Elementary in the same district achieve materially better results with similar student populations, demonstrating that improvement is possible. DiLoreto's trajectory, while still low, is slowly upward.

819

Students ?

15.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,837

Per pupil spending ?

74.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

732 Slater Rd.
New Britain, CT 06053

(860) 223-2885

District: New Britain School District

Students who attend DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School usually attend:

Middle:	House of Arts Letters and Science (HALS) Academy
	Pulaski Middle School
High:	New Britain High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

80.7%

White:

8.8%

African American:

6.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 6th percentile in 2016 → 8th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Connecticut average (18% vs 49% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)

!English Language Arts scores 33 pts below the Connecticut average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school18%

District avg19%

Connecticut avg49%

Elementary school

450^th of 491

Connecticut public elementary schools ?

Bottom 8%▲ up 2 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

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Middle school

230^th of 258

Connecticut public middle schools ?

Bottom 11%▲ up 5 pts since 2016

From bottom 6% (2016) to bottom 11% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 10Elementary Schools in the New Britain School District

150^th of 153New Britain 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	7.9	450 of 491	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.8	470 of 493	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.3	461 of 497	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.8	470 of 491	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.7	480 of 490	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.5	494 of 538	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.6	496 of 522	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.6	497 of 532	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	5.8	478 of 519	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	5.0	485 of 518	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	10.4	489 of 551	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	0.6	555 of 557	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	0.1	564 of 564	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	0.3	565 of 565	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	1.4	572 of 579	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	2.0	553 of 566	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	2.3	553 of 565	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	3.3	545 of 568	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	10.7	523 of 570	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	6.7	216 of 225	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	2.9	230 of 232	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.2	235 of 237	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.8	426 of 455	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	0.7	242 of 242	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.1	253 of 259	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	14.7	123 of 129	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	15.8	122 of 132	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.1	102 of 111	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.4	105 of 108	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.7	95 of 99	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	16.8	149 of 173	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.5	109 of 112	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.8	93 of 101	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	7.8	69 of 69	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.7	69 of 70	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.8	281 of 302	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	2.4	230 of 232	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	2.4	239 of 239	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.3	232 of 233	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.6	406 of 445	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.7	240 of 247	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.5	257 of 262	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	10.3	349 of 371	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	9.9	230 of 258	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	5.4	244 of 252	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.9	245 of 250	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.6	244 of 249	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.3	237 of 250	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.4	250 of 275	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.3	248 of 259	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.2	231 of 249	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	6.8	231 of 250	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	5.3	231 of 246	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	9.8	247 of 280	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	1.5	272 of 278	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	0.7	269 of 272	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	2.1	260 of 269	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	2.9	259 of 268	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	9.9	222 of 255	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2019	27.3	6 of 15	60.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	8.6	148 of 163	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	5.4	221 of 235	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	16.7	103 of 112	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	11.2	101 of 105	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.3	100 of 104	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.3	99 of 99	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.6	89 of 97	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.2	134 of 146	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.8	88 of 97	9.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.7	57 of 75	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	10.5	204 of 218	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	4.9	159 of 163	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.2	198 of 224	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	10.1	227 of 244	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Special Education (2021)6th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)5th percentile-4 vs school

Female (2026)4th percentile-4 vs school

Male (2026)1st percentile-7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)<1st percentile-8 vs school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2019)60th percentile+56 vs school

Female (2026)9th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)8th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2021)7th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2021)6th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2026)2nd percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs Connecticut (2025-2026) ?

Science26%-26 vs state

English Language Arts18%-33 vs state

Mathematics15%-32 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NGSS Science (2026)		SBAC English Language Arts (2026)						SBAC Mathematics (2026)						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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NGSS Science 5th Grade	NGSS Science 8th 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 English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 3rd Grade	SBAC Mathematics 4th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 5th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 6th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 7th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 8th Grade	Total
DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School	Public	K-8	732 Slater Rd.	New Britain	06053	Capitol Planning Region	New Britain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 223-2885	819	53	15.6	74.4%	72 (8.8%)	54 (6.6%)	661 (80.7%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (2.9%)	7.9	450^th of 491 public elementary schools	8.4%		6.8	470^th of 493 public elementary schools	4.7%	20	26.0	26.7	12.6	13.5	16.7	24.7	18.5	18.7	20.7	14.6	16.7	21.1	8.7	6.7	$16,837
Jefferson Elementary School	Public	K-5	140 Horse Plain Rd.	New Britain	06053	Capitol Planning Region	New Britain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 223-8007	389	30	12.7	74.8%	65 (16.7%)	32 (8.2%)	248 (63.8%)	16 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.2%)	4.2	485^th of 491 public elementary schools	1.2%		6.8	471^st of 493 public elementary schools	4.5%	14	15.5		15.5	14.7	12.7				14.3	13.2	10.0				$18,270
Gaffney Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	322 Slater Rd.	New Britain	06053	Capitol Planning Region	New Britain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 225-6247	438	31	14.2	71.7%	72 (16.4%)	62 (14.2%)	264 (60.3%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.5%)	9.6	435^th of 491 public elementary schools	11.4%		9.5	436^th of 493 public elementary schools	11.6%	1			20.6	27.7	28.0				19.0	26.2	16.0				$24,589
Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	145 Steele St.	New Britain	06052	Capitol Planning Region	New Britain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 229-2564	552	42	13.2	78.4%	92 (16.7%)	58 (10.5%)	354 (64.1%)	13 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.3%)	14.6	400^th of 491 public elementary schools	18.5%		10.9	426^th of 493 public elementary schools	13.6%	26	33.0		16.7	24.0	30.8				22.6	33.7	31.9				$20,826
Holmes Elementary School	Public	K-5	2150 Stanley St.	New Britain	06053	Capitol Planning Region	New Britain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 223-8294	414	33	12.5	66.4%	88 (21.3%)	45 (10.9%)	212 (51.2%)	23 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (11.1%)	32	327^th of 491 public elementary schools	33.4%		21.4	365^th of 493 public elementary schools	26.0%	38	44.2			45.0					37.2	43.3					$19,318
Smalley Elementary School	Public	K-5	175 West St.	New Britain	06051	Capitol Planning Region	New Britain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 225-8647	594	46	12.8	86.2%	39 (6.6%)	53 (8.9%)	467 (78.6%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (4.9%)	5	477^th of 491 public elementary schools	2.9%		4.6	485^th of 493 public elementary schools	1.6%	8	21.4		15.7						13.1	11.0	7.1				$18,690
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%)								(n/a)				64.7						61.8					$21,449
East Farms School	Public	K-4	25 Wolf Pit Rd.	Farmington	06032	Capitol Planning Region	Farmington School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 674-9519	457	33	13.8	15.1%	212 (46.4%)	12 (2.6%)	63 (13.8%)	131 (28.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.5%)	83.1	88^th of 491 public elementary schools	82.1%		86.8	52^nd of 493 public elementary schools	89.5%	36			66.7	71.3					85.9	73.1					$18,267
Vance Elementary School	Public	K-5	183 Vance St.	New Britain	06052	Capitol Planning Region	New Britain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 225-8731	438	30	14.4	77.6%	43 (9.8%)	52 (11.9%)	310 (70.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.1%)	8.6	442^nd of 491 public elementary schools	10.0%		9	444^th of 493 public elementary schools	9.9%	2	18.6		20.8	17.9	28.6					27.1	12.9				$18,612
Northend Elementary School	Public	K-5	160 Bassett St.	New Britain	06051	Capitol Planning Region	New Britain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 223-3819	212	19	11.2	79.2%	13 (6.1%)	37 (17.5%)	142 (67.0%)	6 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.6%)	7.9	448^th of 491 public elementary schools	8.8%		8.6	450^th of 493 public elementary schools	8.7%	2			22.6	19.2					22.6	17.3	20.0				$21,949

Frequently Asked Questions about DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School

Is DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School a good school?

DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School ranks in the bottom 8.4% of Connecticut elementary schools.

What district is DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School in?

New Britain School District

How many students attend DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 819 students attended DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School.

What schools do graduates of DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School attend?

Students who attend DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School usually go on to attend:

Middle : House of Arts Letters and Science (HALS) Academy
Middle : Pulaski Middle School
High : New Britain High School

What is the racial makeup of DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School?

Students at DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School are 81% Hispanic, 9% White, 7% African American, 3% Two or more races.

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