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Slade Middle School

Q: Is Slade Middle School a good school?

Slade Middle School ranks in the bottom 2.3% of Connecticut middle schools.

Q: How many students attend Slade Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 781 students attended Slade Middle School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Slade Middle School?

Students at Slade Middle School are 73% Hispanic, 11% African American, 10% White, 5% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Q: What high school do graduates of Slade Middle School attend?

Students who attend Slade Middle School usually go on to attend New Britain High School

Public Grades 6-8

252^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 258 Connecticut Middle Schools

Better than 2% of Connecticut middle schools

Summary

Slade Middle School is a grades 6–8 school in New Britain, CT, serving 781 students within the New Britain School District. The school has faced significant academic challenges over the past decade, consistently ranking in the bottom 2-3% of Connecticut middle schools, with a 2025–26 ranking of 252nd out of 258 schools. Test scores in 2025–26 remained well below state averages, with only 6.6% to 11.7% of students proficient in math, 11.5% to 18.4% proficient in ELA, and 9.9% proficient in science. Most students (75.8%) receive free or reduced lunch, and the school has historically struggled with chronic absenteeism.

There are some encouraging trends worth noting. Chronic absenteeism has dropped dramatically from a peak of 49.3% in 2021–22 to 27.5% in 2025–26, a rate now lower than the district average of 32.0% but still well above the state rate of 16.4%. Academic proficiency, while still very low, improved across most subjects compared to the prior year—for example, 6th grade ELA rose from 8.1% to 15.9% and 8th grade math from 5.1% to 11.7%. Slade also outperforms Pulaski Middle School, its other traditional New Britain counterpart, in nearly every tested subject and has lower chronic absenteeism than Pulaski. Additionally, African American students at Slade ranked at the 38th percentile statewide—a notable relative strength compared to the school's overall performance.

The most striking contrast is with House of Arts Letters and Science (HALS) Academy, a school in the same district just 2.35 miles away that ranks 3rd in the state with math proficiency rates of 76–87.5%. This enormous gap within a single district suggests that school-level factors—curriculum, leadership, and culture—matter greatly. When compared to nearby schools like Joseph A. Depaolo Middle School in Southington or West Woods Upper Elementary School in Farmington, Slade's per-student spending (~$15,300) is similar, yet those schools achieve proficiency rates of 60–80%. This suggests that additional funding alone isn't the answer, and that transformative interventions are needed to change the trajectory for Slade's students.

781

Students ?

13.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,658

Per pupil spending ?

75.8%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

183 Steele St.
New Britain, CT 06052

(860) 225-6395

District: New Britain School District

Students who attend Slade Middle School usually attend:

High:

New Britain High School

Feeder schools for Slade Middle School:

Elementary:	Gaffney Elementary School
	Lincoln Elementary School
	Vance Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

73.0%

African American:

10.8%

White:

10.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 2nd percentile in 2016 → 2nd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Connecticut average (12% vs 48% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (28% vs 16% Connecticut)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school12%

District avg17%

Connecticut avg48%

252^nd of 258

Connecticut public middle schools ?

Bottom 2%▲ up 1 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 3Middle 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	5.8	252 of 258	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	4.2	250 of 252	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.6	244 of 250	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.9	242 of 249	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.5	245 of 250	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	5.3	267 of 275	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.0	256 of 259	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	4.3	242 of 249	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	3.8	242 of 250	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	3.4	242 of 246	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	7.1	263 of 280	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	8.8	247 of 278	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	3.5	258 of 272	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	4.4	253 of 269	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	8.8	239 of 268	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	8.9	228 of 255	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	7.7	223 of 252	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	6.7	219 of 250	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	8.4	218 of 248	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	37.2	21 of 34	38.2%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	14.7	101 of 104	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2024	19.3	5 of 5	0.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	18.8	19 of 26	26.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.0	32 of 34	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	38.3	5 of 15	66.7%	★★★★☆
2018	8.5	8 of 16	50.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	3.6	162 of 164	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	2.5	163 of 164	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.4	159 of 161	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.3	159 of 160	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	2.0	166 of 166	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	4.5	226 of 235	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	0.9	167 of 169	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.1	158 of 160	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	10.8	111 of 115	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	8.5	104 of 105	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.1	99 of 104	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.6	97 of 99	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.8	96 of 97	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.8	142 of 146	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.2	96 of 97	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.8	72 of 75	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	5.3	111 of 112	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	4.5	117 of 117	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.8	114 of 114	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.4	108 of 109	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.0	106 of 106	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.2	213 of 218	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	2.3	164 of 164	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	1.7	162 of 162	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.7	156 of 157	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.2	157 of 158	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	2.7	169 of 169	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	4.4	218 of 224	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	1.9	167 of 167	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.7	162 of 164	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	6.2	238 of 244	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.8	22 of 25	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2019	0.0	165 of 166	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	0.3	167 of 168	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2026)38th percentile+36 vs school

Hispanic (2026)3rd percentile~ school

Disabled (2021)3rd percentile~ school

Special Education (2021)2nd percentile~ school

Female (2026)1st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)1st percentile~ school

White (2019)1st percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2024)<1st percentile~ school

Male (2026)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs Connecticut (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts15%-36 vs state

Science10%-41 vs state

Mathematics9%-35 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Thursday, June 6, 2019

Slade, one of the worst places you can exist in during ‘’middle school’’, not only because of the students, it's also because of the way we are treated. It's ridiculous knowing not only the teachers usually don’t know how to teach themselves, usually blaming the students. In all respect, there are some good ones, to tell the truth, but the majority is bad.

Not only, not considering the students well being, and teaching them that acting spoiled is
‘’The way to go!’’ (The way to get out of trouble) Also the ‘’classrooms’’ smell afull ! The students curse often. If I were to stay in this community for as long as I did, I would curse often too. The quality is terrible, there are literal rats in the walls. Not even including the many skipping that happens in the stalls including: skipping, attempted makeouts, and etc. The one cafe’ in the school has often has ran out of food leaving some hungry or late. The food in the cafe’ tastes like burnt deep fried plastic, which gives the impression the they don’t care about our . The last thing I want to talk about their reputation. Its constantly gone down-hill from were it started. (Which was already terrible.) Close Quote

by a student
Friday, June 27, 2014

slade middle school is one my FAVORITE middle school,On the last day i was crying my tears out and when i got home i cried all night,i cried myself to sleep for two days 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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 5th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 6th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 7th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 8th Grade	Total
Slade Middle School	Public	6-8	183 Steele St.	New Britain	06052	Capitol Planning Region	New Britain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 225-6395	781	56	13.9	75.8%	82 (10.5%)	84 (10.8%)	570 (73.0%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (4.6%)	5.8	252^nd of 258 public middle schools	2.3%		4.2	250^th of 252 public middle schools	0.8%	2		9.9		15.9	18.4	11.5		8.8	6.6	11.7	$20,658
House of Arts Letters and Science (HALS) Academy	Public	6-8	40 Goodwin St	New Britain	06051	Capitol Planning Region	New Britain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 826-1866	152	9	17.4	55.9%	49 (32.2%)	18 (11.8%)	74 (48.7%)	4 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.6%)	95.8	3^rd of 258 public middle schools	98.8%		94.4	8^th of 252 public middle schools	96.8%	5		822.0		2618.0	2637.0	2657.0		82.4	76.0	87.5	$16,419
Pulaski Middle School	Public	6-8	757 Farmington Ave.	New Britain	06053	Capitol Planning Region	New Britain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 225-7665	839	64	13.1	80.2%	129 (15.4%)	74 (8.8%)	564 (67.2%)	25 (3.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (5.4%)	4.7	255^th of 258 public middle schools	1.2%		3.1	252^nd of 252 public middle schools	0.0%	3		7.8		10.4	9.7	9.4		4.8	5.5	15.0	$19,934
Catherine M. McGee Middle School	Public	6-8	899 Norton Rd.	Berlin	06037	Capitol Planning Region	Berlin School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 828-0323	595	52	11.3	22.4%	453 (76.1%)	13 (2.2%)	77 (12.9%)	33 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.2%)	74.5	68^th of 258 public middle schools	73.6%		75.2	62^nd of 252 public middle schools	75.4%	6		62.0		63.2	60.3	62.4		61.3	62.4	55.3	$22,470
John Wallace Middle School	Public	5-8	71 Halleran Drive	Newington	06111	Capitol Planning Region	Newington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 667-5888	610	48	12.8	35.7%	328 (53.8%)	39 (6.4%)	154 (25.2%)	59 (9.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.8%)	58.8	105^th of 258 public middle schools	59.3%		63.4	93^rd of 252 public middle schools	63.1%	12	58.9	53.5	55.7	60.3	59.8	49.3	48.9	43.1	50.6	41.5	$21,892
Irving A. Robbins Middle School	Public	7-8	20 Wolf Pit Rd.	Farmington	06032	Capitol Planning Region	Farmington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 677-2683	670	54	12.5	20.4%	334 (49.9%)	39 (5.8%)	79 (11.8%)	177 (26.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (5.5%)	87.8	27^th of 258 public middle schools	89.5%		88.6	22^nd of 252 public middle schools	91.3%	5		76.7			73.6	75.2			67.7	65.7	$19,640
Middle School of Plainville	Public	6-8	150 Northwest Dr.	Plainville	06062	Capitol Planning Region	Plainville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 793-3250	535	46	11.6	47.1%	332 (62.1%)	35 (6.5%)	132 (24.7%)	9 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.7%)	67.4	89^th of 258 public middle schools	65.5%		65.5	90^th of 252 public middle schools	64.3%	1		58.3		56.4	57.9	57.2		54.5	49.4	63.9	$21,792
Joseph A. Depaolo Middle School	Public	6-8	385 Pleasant St.	Southington	06489	Capitol Planning Region	Southington School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 628-3260	671	62	10.8	26.4%	483 (72.0%)	18 (2.7%)	93 (13.9%)	29 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (7.2%)	84.4	39^th of 258 public middle schools	84.9%		84.1	35^th of 252 public middle schools	86.1%	4		75.5		69.6	72.8	68.3		65.8	72.2	59.3	$19,278
West Woods Upper Elementary School	Public	5-8	50 Judson Ln.	Farmington	06032	Capitol Planning Region	Farmington School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 284-1230	676	51	13.3	20.3%	342 (50.6%)	30 (4.4%)	83 (12.3%)	183 (27.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.3%)								(n/a)	78.4		73.0	77.7			70.8	72.2			$19,994
Martin Kellogg Middle School	Public	5-8	155 Harding Avenue	Newington	06111	Capitol Planning Region	Newington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 666-5418	567	48	11.9	40.9%	259 (45.7%)	38 (6.7%)	170 (30.0%)	71 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.1%)	53.2	120^th of 258 public middle schools	53.5%		57.4	105^th of 252 public middle schools	58.3%	15	46.3	48.9	41.8	49.3	43.7	48.9	31.3	46.9	52.8	48.1	$23,802

Frequently Asked Questions about Slade Middle School

What is the racial makeup of Slade Middle School?

Students at Slade Middle School are 73% Hispanic, 11% African American, 10% White, 5% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Slade Middle School attend?

Students who attend Slade Middle School usually go on to attend New Britain High School

What district is Slade Middle School in?

New Britain School District

Is Slade Middle School a good school?

Slade Middle School ranks in the bottom 2.3% of Connecticut middle schools.

How many students attend Slade Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 781 students attended Slade Middle School.

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