Summary:
Zip code 06032, located in Farmington, CT, is served by two highly rated public elementary schools — East Farms School and Noah Wallace School — both part of the Farmington School District, which ranks 18th out of 153 districts in Connecticut (4 stars, 88th percentile). Both schools serve grades K–4 and together enroll 799 students, with East Farms at 457 students and Noah Wallace at 342.
Each school has its own distinct strengths. East Farms School shines brightest in 3rd-grade math, with an outstanding 85.9% proficiency rate — 33.7 points above the state average — and a remarkably low chronic absenteeism rate of 2.9%. Noah Wallace School, meanwhile, currently holds the higher state ranking (61st vs. 88th in 2025–2026) and posts stronger 4th-grade results in both ELA (77.3% vs. 71.3%) and math (80.4% vs. 73.1%). Notably, Noah Wallace achieves these results while serving a higher share of economically disadvantaged students (21.9% vs. 15.1% free/reduced-price lunch eligibility), and its state rank improved from 78th to 61st over the past year.
Both schools earned 4-star ratings from SchoolDigger and rank in the top 20% of all Connecticut elementary schools, consistently scoring 20–34 points above state averages on SBAC assessments. Spending per student is nearly identical (about $15,100), and student-teacher ratios are close (13.8 at East Farms, 13.1 at Noah Wallace). Chronic absenteeism is exceptionally low at both schools — far below the district average of 7.5% and the state average of 16.4%. Families in zip code 06032 have two excellent, well-resourced elementary options to choose from: East Farms stands out for early-grade math and attendance, while Noah Wallace demonstrates strong and consistent performance across upper-elementary grades.
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