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Northend Elementary School

Public Grades K-5

448^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 492 Connecticut Elementary Schools

Better than 9% of Connecticut elementary schools

Summary

Northend Elementary School is a small K–5 school in New Britain, CT, serving 212 students, roughly 80% of whom qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. As part of the New Britain School District, it sits in one of Connecticut's lowest-ranked districts, and its overall academic performance is well below state averages. On the positive side, the school has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.2, lower than most nearby elementary schools. But with only about 30–40 students per grade, scores can fluctuate noticeably year to year.

Northend Elementary School ranked 448th out of 491 Connecticut elementary schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the middle-lower tier of its district: slightly above DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School, Jefferson Elementary School, and Smalley Elementary School, and just below Vance Elementary School. Lincoln Elementary School and Smith Elementary School post somewhat stronger results within New Britain. While proficiency rates are low in absolute terms, Northend is often in line with — and sometimes above — district averages, particularly in 3rd-grade math and 5th-grade science. The contrast with nearby schools in neighboring districts is dramatic: Mary E. Griswold School in the Berlin School District, just 1.35 miles away, reaches 60.8% math proficiency, and John Paterson School in the Newington School District, 2.3 miles away, reaches 60.3%, compared with 22.6% at Northend.

A standout strength is attendance: the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 21.8% is well below the New Britain School District average of 32.0%, though still above the state's 16.4%. The school has never recovered its ranking from 2012–2013, when it was in the 70th percentile, and outcomes for special education and low-income students remain concerning. For parents, Northend Elementary School offers a small environment with good staffing ratios and improving attendance, but the academic challenges are real and should be weighed carefully against the school's strengths.

212

Students ?

11.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,949

Per pupil spending ?

79.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

160 Bassett St.
New Britain, CT 06051

(860) 223-3819

District: New Britain School District

Students who attend Northend Elementary School usually attend:

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

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

67.0%

African American:

17.5%

Two or more races:

6.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 70th percentile in 2013 → 9th in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Connecticut average (20% vs 51% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 61 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school20%

District avg22%

Connecticut avg51%

448^th of 492

Connecticut public elementary schools ?

Bottom 9%▬ steady since 2017

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SchoolDigger rating ?

7^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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	8.1	448 of 492	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	8.6	450 of 493	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.2	437 of 497	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	8.5	441 of 490	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	6.3	518 of 538	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.9	515 of 522	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	4.3	514 of 532	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	6.1	473 of 519	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	6.5	520 of 551	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	74.9	169 of 557	69.7%	★★★☆☆
2012	13.1	503 of 564	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	2.6	552 of 565	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	3.7	562 of 579	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	1.8	554 of 566	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	3.2	548 of 565	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	2.6	551 of 568	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	8.7	532 of 570	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	5.8	433 of 455	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	11.1	165 of 173	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	9.1	289 of 302	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	4.5	426 of 445	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	8.0	359 of 371	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Female (2021)5th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2021)5th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2021)4th percentile~ school

Male (2021)4th percentile~ school

Special Education (2021)3rd percentile~ school

By subject vs Connecticut (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts20%-30 vs state

Mathematics19%-31 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Northend Elementary School is the last community school in our district, is a small school only 315 students, that make this school very special because everybody know each other. This school have a good welcoming to parents, visitors and for their own staff. I hope more school have the same ambient that you can feel when you visit Northend. Also Northend have an excellent teachers. Teachers that not only educated ours children,Northend Schools have teachers that really care about them. This years that will may change when the superintendent of our district, DR. Doris Kurtz remove our principal and 50% of our staff in order to obtain/apply for a grant. This is very sad. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Northend is a wonderful school,good welcoming, is like a big family, good relation between parents,staff and principal.Good parents involvement Close Quote

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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
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%)	8.1	448^th of 492 public elementary schools	8.9%		8.6	450^th of 493 public elementary schools	8.7%	2	472.0		22.6	19.2	2432.0				22.6	17.3	20.0				$21,949
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%)	8.8	442^nd of 492 public elementary schools	10.2%		9	444^th of 493 public elementary schools	9.9%	2	18.6		20.8	17.9	28.6				2393.0	27.1	12.9				$18,612
Smith Elementary School	Public	K-5	142 Rutherford St.	New Britain	06051	Capitol Planning Region	New Britain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 223-1574	461	36	12.9	80.3%	59 (12.8%)	48 (10.4%)	312 (67.7%)	9 (2.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.5%)	12.6	413^th of 492 public elementary schools	16.1%		9.6	435^th of 493 public elementary schools	11.8%	22	29.0		2380.0	13.4	34.8				31.0	15.0	30.4				$19,603
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%)	14.7	400^th of 492 public elementary schools	18.7%		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
Mary E. Griswold School	Public	PK, KG-5	133 Heather Ln.	Kensington	06037	Capitol Planning Region	Berlin School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 828-6336	513	39	13.1	22.8%	406 (79.1%)	12 (2.3%)	71 (13.8%)	10 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.3%)	68.6	187^th of 492 public elementary schools	62.0%		72.1	163^rd of 493 public elementary schools	66.9%	24	63.3		57.7	61.6	68.4				60.8	66.7	60.8				$19,346
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%)	5.1	477^th of 492 public elementary schools	3.0%		4.6	485^th of 493 public elementary schools	1.6%	8	21.4		15.7	2389.0	2425.0				13.1	11.0	7.1				$18,690
Chamberlain Elementary School	Public	K-5	221 Farmington Ave.	New Britain	06053	Capitol Planning Region	New Britain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 832-5691	402	32	12.4	79.4%	40 (10.0%)	49 (12.2%)	285 (70.9%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.7%)	9.6	436^th of 492 public elementary schools	11.4%		4.6	484^th of 493 public elementary schools	1.8%	48	17.3		29.9	25.4	29.3				25.4	13.4	16.0				$21,263
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%)	9.8	435^th of 492 public elementary schools	11.6%		9.5	436^th of 493 public elementary schools	11.6%	1	485.0		20.6	27.7	28.0				19.0	26.2	16.0				$24,589
John Paterson School	Public	PK, KG-4	120 Church Street	Newington	06111	Capitol Planning Region	Newington School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 666-4657	394	34	11.7	36.0%	216 (54.8%)	23 (5.8%)	106 (26.9%)	34 (8.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)	58.2	227^th of 492 public elementary schools	53.9%		46.8	256^th of 493 public elementary schools	48.1%	29			64.1	53.2					60.3	49.4					$21,919
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%)	8.1	450^th of 492 public elementary schools	8.5%		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

Frequently Asked Questions about Northend Elementary School

What district is Northend Elementary School in?

New Britain School District

What schools do graduates of Northend Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Northend Elementary School usually go on to attend:

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

What is the racial makeup of Northend Elementary School?

Students at Northend Elementary School are 67% Hispanic, 17% African American, 7% Two or more races, 6% White, 3% Asian.

How many students attend Northend Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 212 students attended Northend Elementary School.

Is Northend Elementary School a good school?

Northend Elementary School ranks in the bottom 8.9% of Connecticut elementary schools.

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