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Lake Garda Elementary School

Q: Is Lake Garda Elementary School a good school?

Lake Garda Elementary School ranks 173 rd of 492 Connecticut elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-4

173^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 492 Connecticut Elementary Schools

Better than 65% of Connecticut elementary schools

Summary

Lake Garda Elementary School serves 466 students in grades PK–4 in Burlington, CT, and is part of Regional School District 10. The school currently ranks 173rd of 491 Connecticut elementary schools (65th percentile, 3 stars), while the district ranks 38th of 153 statewide (75th percentile, 4 stars). Just 11.6% of students qualify for free/reduced-price lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.9, making Lake Garda a relatively low-poverty school in a well-regarded district that has room to grow academically.

Attendance is a clear strength: chronic absenteeism is just 2.4%, dramatically below the district rate of 6.0% and the state rate of 16.4%. Math is the school's strongest academic area, with 3rd grade proficiency at 70.8% and 4th grade at 71.4% — roughly 18–20 points above state averages. English Language Arts tells a more uneven story: 4th grade ELA reached 65.5% (well above the state's 50.9%), but 3rd grade ELA dropped sharply to 52.8% after posting 69.1% the previous year. Lake Garda's state ranking has also slid from the 80th percentile (4 stars) in the mid-2010s to its current 65th percentile (3 stars) standing.

Compared with nearby schools, Lake Garda occupies a notable middle ground. It trails several similar-demographic schools just a few miles away in Avon and Farmington, including West District School (rank 11), Roaring Brook School (rank 55), Noah Wallace School (rank 61), and Union School (rank 79), which post meaningfully higher ELA and math scores. At the same time, Lake Garda outperforms several Bristol and Plainville schools such as Stafford School, Mountain View School, Ivy Drive School, and Louis Toffolon School — though those schools serve substantially higher-poverty populations. Given its excellent attendance and low poverty rate, Lake Garda's greatest opportunity lies in closing the ELA gap with the high-performing schools nearby.

466

Students ?

13.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,871

Per pupil spending ?

11.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

61 Monce Rd.
Burlington, CT 06013

(860) 673-2511

District: Regional School District 10

Students who attend Lake Garda Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Har-Bur Middle School
High:	Lewis S. Mills High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

74.5%

Two or more races:

15.2%

Hispanic:

8.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 80th percentile in 2016 → 65th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Connecticut average (65% vs 51% meeting standards)

✓Above the Connecticut median (65th percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 15 percentile points since 2016

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school65%

District avg71%

Connecticut avg51%

173^rd of 492

Connecticut public elementary schools ?

Top 35%▼ down 15 pts since 2016

From top 20% (2016) to top 35% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

37^th of 153Regional School District 10 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	71.2	173 of 492	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2025	69.3	175 of 493	64.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	69.6	172 of 497	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	67.8	177 of 491	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	72.5	147 of 490	70.0%	★★★★☆
2021	74.0	160 of 538	70.3%	★★★★☆
2019	82.2	107 of 522	79.5%	★★★★☆
2018	83.6	91 of 532	82.9%	★★★★☆
2017	79.8	124 of 519	76.1%	★★★★☆
2016	81.3	102 of 518	80.3%	★★★★☆
2015	75.5	159 of 551	71.1%	★★★★☆
2013	76.7	143 of 557	74.3%	★★★★☆
2012	74.6	162 of 564	71.3%	★★★★☆
2011	79.7	98 of 565	82.7%	★★★★☆
2010	80.0	88 of 579	84.8%	★★★★☆
2009	75.7	148 of 566	73.9%	★★★★☆
2008	79.9	89 of 565	84.2%	★★★★☆
2007	78.1	119 of 568	79.0%	★★★★☆
2006	80.7	83 of 570	85.4%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	74.2	84 of 228	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2025	66.4	98 of 232	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.5	123 of 230	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	69.1	98 of 234	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	70.5	140 of 455	69.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	80.9	45 of 242	81.4%	★★★★☆
2018	83.4	39 of 259	84.9%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	60.8	115 of 234	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2025	74.0	85 of 239	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.5	109 of 233	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	65.7	101 of 232	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	69.6	143 of 445	67.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	78.9	56 of 247	77.3%	★★★★☆
2018	74.1	83 of 262	68.3%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	45.0	171 of 246	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	44.4	163 of 248	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.1	174 of 250	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.1	159 of 262	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.8	156 of 252	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	50.1	176 of 327	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	64.0	116 of 295	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	67.0	103 of 296	65.2%	★★★☆☆

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 (2026)63rd percentile~ school

Male (2026)51st percentile-14 vs school

White (2026)30th percentile-34 vs school

By subject vs Connecticut (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics71%+19 vs state

English Language Arts59%+10 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	SBAC English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 4th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 3rd Grade	SBAC Mathematics 4th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 5th Grade	Total
Lake Garda Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	61 Monce Rd.	Burlington	06013	Northwest Hills Planning Region	Regional School District 10	No	No	No	No	(860) 673-2511	466	34	13.9	11.6%	347 (74.5%)	5 (1.1%)	38 (8.2%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (15.2%)	71.2	173^rd of 492 public elementary schools	64.8%		69.3	175^th of 493 public elementary schools	64.5%	2		52.8	65.5		70.8	71.4		$17,871
Union School	Public	K-4	173 School St.	Unionville	06085	Capitol Planning Region	Farmington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 673-2575	305	27	11.3	23.6%	187 (61.3%)	15 (4.9%)	47 (15.4%)	35 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.9%)	83.8	79^th of 492 public elementary schools	83.9%		81	100^th of 493 public elementary schools	79.7%	21		66.7	81.5		73.6	76.9		$21,393
West District School	Public	K-5	114 West District Road	Unionville	06085	Capitol Planning Region	Farmington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 673-2579	357	29	12.2	16.5%	205 (57.4%)	15 (4.2%)	35 (9.8%)	77 (21.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.7%)	93.1	11^th of 492 public elementary schools	97.8%		89.8	36^th of 493 public elementary schools	92.7%	25		77.0	84.5		89.2	90.5		$18,854
Ivy Drive School	Public	K-5	160 Ivy Dr.	Bristol	06010	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	Bristol School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 584-7844	385	28	13.6	48.1%	192 (49.9%)	26 (6.8%)	129 (33.5%)	15 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	21 (5.5%)	48.7	259^th of 492 public elementary schools	47.4%		54.6	238^th of 493 public elementary schools	51.7%	21	45.8	47.6	62.9	51.7	50.0	2524.0	46.6	$17,819
Mountain View School	Public	K-5	71 Vera Rd.	Bristol	06010	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	Bristol School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 584-7726	356	29	12.4	55.1%	131 (36.8%)	22 (6.2%)	152 (42.7%)	19 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (8.7%)	41.9	279^th of 492 public elementary schools	43.3%		43.4	267^th of 493 public elementary schools	45.8%	12	49.0	42.6	58.3	63.3	34.4	43.3	38.8	$18,861
Pine Grove School	Public	K-4	151 Scoville Rd.	Avon	06001	Capitol Planning Region	Avon School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 404-4790	613	46	13.4	14.0%	403 (65.7%)	36 (5.9%)	49 (8.0%)	89 (14.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (5.7%)	80.7	103^rd of 492 public elementary schools	79.1%		69.8	173^rd of 493 public elementary schools	64.9%	70		71.1	79.7		66.7	68.8		$19,724
Stafford School	Public	K-5	212 Louisiana Ave.	Bristol	06010	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	Bristol School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 584-7824	353	30	11.9	56.1%	157 (44.5%)	30 (8.5%)	129 (36.5%)	11 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.1%)	36.1	309^th of 492 public elementary schools	37.2%		39.8	277^th of 493 public elementary schools	43.8%	32	45.6	42.1	49.3	54.4	49.1	31.3	33.3	$18,997
Roaring Brook School	Public	PK, KG-4	30 Old Wheeler Ln.	Avon	06001	Capitol Planning Region	Avon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 404-4810	461	34	13.6	11.5%	311 (67.5%)	24 (5.2%)	38 (8.2%)	48 (10.4%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	36 (7.8%)	86.5	55^th of 492 public elementary schools	88.8%		78.7	119^th of 493 public elementary schools	75.9%	64		77.6	77.6		79.6	71.8		$22,804
Louis Toffolon School	Public	PK, KG-5	145 NorthWest Dr.	Plainville	06062	Capitol Planning Region	Plainville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 793-3280	365	25	14.4	40.5%	230 (63.0%)	21 (5.8%)	91 (24.9%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	13 (3.6%)	61.7	215^th of 492 public elementary schools	56.3%		71.2	166^th of 493 public elementary schools	66.3%	49	509.0	39.6	62.7	74.0	43.4	67.2	68.0	$21,321
Ellen P. Hubbell School	Public	K-5	90 West Washington St.	Bristol	06010	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	Bristol School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 584-7842	331	29	11.3	64.7%	113 (34.1%)	37 (11.2%)	154 (46.5%)	7 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.0%)	69	184^th of 492 public elementary schools	62.6%		66.3	192^nd of 493 public elementary schools	61.1%	8	66.0	64.3	68.3	65.4	55.4	65.0	55.8	$19,162

Frequently Asked Questions about Lake Garda Elementary School

How many students attend Lake Garda Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 466 students attended Lake Garda Elementary School.

Is Lake Garda Elementary School a good school?

Lake Garda Elementary School ranks 173^rd of 492 Connecticut elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What district is Lake Garda Elementary School in?

Regional School District 10

What schools do graduates of Lake Garda Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Lake Garda Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Har-Bur Middle School
High : Lewis S. Mills High School

What is the racial makeup of Lake Garda Elementary School?

Students at Lake Garda Elementary School are 74% White, 15% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic, 1% African American, 1% Asian.

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