Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 06016

Zip code 06016, serving the Broad Brook area of East Windsor, Connecticut, contains a single elementary school: Broad Brook Elementary School in the East Windsor School District. This school serves grades PK through 4 with an enrollment of 441 students, and it is the only elementary school in the district at those grade levels, meaning school-level and district-level scores are identical for 4th grade. The student body is predominantly low-income, with 52.61% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and the school maintains a favorable 11:1 student-teacher ratio.

Broad Brook Elementary outperforms its district ranking but trails the state. The school earns a 2-star rating and sits at the 36th percentile statewide (312 out of 491 schools), while its district ranks 110 out of 153 districts at the 28th percentile. In 2025-2026, chronic absenteeism stood at 13.9%, which is better than both the district's 15.8% and the state's 16.4%. On SBAC assessments, 3rd grade ELA proficiency was 40.5% (state: 47.3%), 3rd grade math was 47.3% (state: 52.2%), 4th grade ELA was 45.6% (state: 50.9%), and 4th grade math was 41.2% (state: 52.1%). Per-student spending is high at $19,323, and the school ranks consistently in the lower-middle range of Connecticut elementary schools, moving from the 40th to 33rd to 36th percentile over the past three years.

The standout finding is a dramatic improvement in 4th grade ELA, which jumped from 35.2% proficiency in 2024-2025 to 45.6% in 2025-2026—a 10.4-point gain that narrowed the gap with the state from 16.2 points to just 5.3 points. This is the largest year-over-year change in the dataset and worth investigating for instructional strategies that could be applied elsewhere. Mathematics remains a mixed story: 3rd grade math came within 4.9 points of the state average, while 4th grade math lagged by 10.9 points. Overall, Broad Brook Elementary is a well-resourced school with strong attendance and staffing levels, and its recent ELA growth suggests meaningful progress, while its primary opportunity lies in closing persistent math gaps and maintaining consistent gains across all grade levels.