Impact of COVID-19 on Veterans Park Elementary School
The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America.
Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased.
SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school.
Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores,
enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.
Rankings
Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Rank
Pandemic (2021-2022) |
Change (%) |
Ranks 65th of 522 Elementary schools | Ranks 19th of 490 Elementary schools | 8.6% |
Test Scores
|
% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
% proficient
Pandemic (2021-2022) |
Change (%) |
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Veterans Park Elementary School) | 80 | 78.9 | 1.1% |
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Ridgefield School District) | 85.4 | 79.4 | 6% |
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Connecticut) | 54.3 | 46.7 | 7.6% |
3rd Grade Mathematics (Veterans Park Elementary School) | 82.2 | 86.5 | 4.3% |
3rd Grade Mathematics (Ridgefield School District) | 84.8 | 83.7 | 1.1% |
3rd Grade Mathematics (Connecticut) | 55 | 43.8 | 11.2% |
4th Grade Mathematics (Veterans Park Elementary School) | 85.7 | 82.5 | 3.2% |
4th Grade Mathematics (Ridgefield School District) | 85.9 | 82.9 | 3% |
4th Grade Mathematics (Connecticut) | 52.5 | 45.3 | 7.2% |
5th Grade English Language Arts (Veterans Park Elementary School) | 77.6 | 88.9 | 11.3% |
5th Grade English Language Arts (Ridgefield School District) | 87.5 | 86.9 | 0.6% |
5th Grade English Language Arts (Connecticut) | 58.1 | 51.9 | 6.2% |
5th Grade Mathematics (Veterans Park Elementary School) | 71.9 | 83.3 | 11.4% |
5th Grade Mathematics (Ridgefield School District) | 76.5 | 73.1 | 3.4% |
5th Grade Mathematics (Connecticut) | 46.5 | 38.8 | 7.7% |
Student Body
|
Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Number of students
Pandemic (2020-2021) |
Change (%) |
Total Students | 277 | 233 | 15.9% |
African American | 1 | 1 | |
American Indian | 0 | 0 | |
Asian | 16 | 22 | 37.5% |
Hispanic | 25 | 21 | 16% |
Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 100% |
White | 214 | 171 | 20.1% |
Two or More Races | 20 | 18 | 10% |
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients | 10.1% | 12.9% | 2.8% |