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Booth Hill School

Public Grades K-4
95th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 492 Connecticut Elementary Schools
Better than 81% of Connecticut elementary schools
Summary

Booth Hill School is a K-4 elementary school in Shelton, CT, serving 304 students and ranking 95th out of 491 Connecticut elementary schools for 2025-2026. Despite being part of the mid-tier Shelton School District (47th percentile statewide), the school itself earns a 4-star rating and sits in the 81st percentile. It has been consistently strong for a decade, earning 4 stars almost every year, and is the clear leader among Shelton elementary schools - far ahead of Elizabeth Shelton School (68th percentile) and Mohegan School (58th percentile).

Mathematics is the school's standout subject. Third-grade math proficiency is 84.7% - nearly identical to Daniels Farm School (84.8%) and far above the state average of 52.2%. Fourth-grade math is also strong at 76.7% versus 52.1% statewide. English language arts is above average too, though the gap is narrower, especially in 4th grade. Chronic absenteeism is a hidden strength at just 4.8%, compared to 12.6% for the district and 16.4% statewide, and it has stayed remarkably low for years - recent rates have ranged from 3.3% to 12.6%. The school also does more with less: per-pupil spending of $14,543 is lower than nearby Mohegan School ($15,834) and Middlebrook School ($15,923).

The main areas for growth are 4th-grade ELA and female student outcomes. Fourth-grade ELA proficiency is 65% - comfortably above the state average of 50.9%, but below every Trumbull comparison school, including Daniels Farm School (87.5%) and Middlebrook School (77.5%). There is also a notable gender gap: male students rank in the 91st percentile statewide (5 stars), while female students rank in the 56th percentile (3 stars) - a pattern that has persisted across multiple years. Overall, this is a high-performing school that competes with top schools in the higher-ranked Trumbull School District in early-grade math, with room to grow in literacy.

304
Students ?
13.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$17,855
Per pupil spending ?
26%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 544 Booth Hill Rd.
       Shelton, CT  06484

(203) 929-5625

District: Shelton School District


Students who attend Booth Hill School usually attend:

Middle:    Intermediate School
    Perry Hill Elementary School
High:    Shelton High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
64.5%
Hispanic:
17.8%
Asian:
7.2%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 77th percentile in 2016 → 81st in 2026
Strengths
Test scores above the Connecticut average (73% vs 51% meeting standards)
Ranks in the top 19% of Connecticut elementary schools
Among the top-ranked schools in Shelton School District
Worth a look
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school73%
District avg65%
Connecticut avg51%
95th of 492
Connecticut public elementary schools ?
Top 19%▲ up 4 pts since 2016
From top 23% (2016) to top 19% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
1st of 5Elementary Schools in the Shelton School District
81st of 153Shelton 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202682.095 of 49280.7%★★★★☆
202571.9164 of 49366.7%★★★☆☆
202479.6114 of 49777.1%★★★★☆
202379.5116 of 49176.4%★★★★☆
202277.1122 of 49075.1%★★★★☆
202179.9123 of 53877.1%★★★★☆
201976.2155 of 52270.3%★★★★☆
201887.067 of 53287.4%★★★★☆
201784.284 of 51983.8%★★★★☆
201679.1121 of 51876.6%★★★★☆
201575.6154 of 55172.1%★★★★☆
201380.578 of 55786.0%★★★★☆
201275.9141 of 56475.0%★★★★☆
201174.5169 of 56570.1%★★★★☆
201077.9131 of 57977.4%★★★★☆
200977.7120 of 56678.8%★★★★☆
200875.5156 of 56572.4%★★★★☆
200778.7108 of 56881.0%★★★★☆
200680.194 of 57083.5%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202668.1101 of 22855.7%★★★☆☆
202553.8127 of 23245.3%★★☆☆☆
202473.384 of 23764.6%★★★☆☆
202366.5102 of 23055.7%★★★☆☆
202276.862 of 23473.5%★★★★☆
202167.7159 of 45565.1%★★★☆☆
201980.647 of 24280.6%★★★★☆
201882.145 of 25982.6%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202684.123 of 23490.2%★★★★★
202574.084 of 23964.9%★★★☆☆
202489.413 of 23394.4%★★★★★
202368.895 of 23158.9%★★★☆☆
202259.6125 of 23246.1%★★☆☆☆
202181.980 of 44582.0%★★★★☆
201962.7121 of 24751.0%★★★☆☆
201882.346 of 26282.4%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202672.168 of 24672.4%★★★★☆
202551.3142 of 24842.7%★★☆☆☆
202465.394 of 25062.4%★★★☆☆
202364.5106 of 26259.5%★★★☆☆
202265.0101 of 25259.9%★★★☆☆
202166.6109 of 32766.7%★★★☆☆
201950.3175 of 29540.7%★★☆☆☆
201876.964 of 29678.4%★★★★☆
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)
Male (2026)90th percentile+9 vs school
White (2026)72nd percentile-8 vs school
Female (2026)56th percentile-25 vs school
By subject vs Connecticut (2025-2026) ?
Mathematics81%+29 vs state
English Language Arts66%+17 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, May 3, 2021

Open Quote This school is unbelievably bad.
-no homework given (what????? I had to ask to be sure I wasn’t crazy)i

- bullying on bus and in school without consequences

- there is NO band offered so students do not have an opportunity to learn instruments (is this 2021 in a middle class suburb?????)

-a large number of the kids who go here bring behavioral problems to school. There is physical fighting on the bus, cursing etc in an elementary school!!!! Within 6 months here my child came
home knowing the F word. She knows it because it was written on the playground equipment there and her friend told her about it!

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There seems to be no device policy whatsoever and almost all of these kids are coming to school with various devices and watching YouTube and tiktok videos including ones that include adult
Content or are frightening and then passing on the content to other kids. Why a child who is under 5th grade has unrestricted access to the internet???? I don’t know but it’s up to the school to make the environment safe there.

-teachers and admin are subpar and do not care. My child has a distinct sense that no one cares about kids there.

-they only get to use playground equipment one time per week because it’s on some kind of rotating schedule and the rest of the time is blacktop play. What a joyless place. Close Quote





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Booth Hill School ranks 95th of 492 Connecticut elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Booth Hill School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Intermediate School
Middle : Perry Hill Elementary School
High : Shelton High School

Students at Booth Hill School are 64% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 4% African American, 1% American Indian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 304 students attended Booth Hill School.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education.

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