Moser School

Moser School is a Grades 4–5 elementary school in Rocky Hill, CT, serving 369 students as part of the Rocky Hill School District, which ranks 32nd out of 153 districts statewide. Moser itself ranks 158th out of 491 elementary schools in Connecticut (68th percentile, 3 stars) — a solid but not elite position, and a modest step down from recent 4-star years when the school ranked in the 70th–77th percentile range.

Academically, Moser consistently outperforms the state average by significant margins. In 2025–2026, Grade 4 ELA proficiency was 68.6% versus 50.9% statewide, and Grade 5 math was 58.8% versus 45.8% statewide. The school also has an outstanding attendance culture: its chronic absenteeism rate of 6.6% is well below the district rate of 9.8% and less than half the state rate of 16.4%. However, results are uneven across student groups — male students and students from low-income families perform below their counterparts statewide, even as the school's overall numbers remain strong. One trend worth watching is a sharp drop in math proficiency between Grade 4 (67.1%) and Grade 5 (58.8%), a pattern that has appeared in multiple years.

Compared with nearby schools, Moser sits in the upper-middle tier. It dramatically outperforms the Academy of Aerospace and Engineering Elementary, just 1.23 miles away, which posts proficiency rates in the 20s and 30s — though that school serves a much higher-poverty population. However, Nayaug Elementary School in Glastonbury, a similarly low-poverty school only 1.56 miles away, is ranked 48th in the state and posts far higher scores (85.6% vs. 70.1% in Grade 5 ELA). Within the Wethersfield School District, Moser clearly beats Emerson-Williams School and generally keeps pace with Highcrest School, though Highcrest posts stronger Grade 4 scores before Moser pulls ahead in Grade 5.