Summary:
Zip code 06052 in New Britain, CT is served by two public elementary schools — Lincoln Elementary School and Vance Elementary School — both serving grades K-5 and belonging to the New Britain School District, which ranks 150th out of 153 districts in Connecticut.
Lincoln Elementary School is the stronger school by most measures. It ranks 400th out of 491 elementary schools statewide (19th percentile), compared to Vance Elementary School's ranking of 442nd (10th percentile). Lincoln also has lower chronic absenteeism (23.0% vs 26.5%), better average ELA proficiency (23.8% vs 22.4%), better math proficiency (29.4% vs 20.0%), and significantly better 5th-grade science scores (33.0% vs 18.6%). Lincoln's student-teacher ratio is also more favorable at 13.2 compared to Vance's 14.4. One of the most striking differences is in 5th-grade math: Lincoln students posted 31.9% proficiency while Vance students posted just 12.9%.
Both schools serve high-poverty populations, with roughly 78% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and both face chronic absenteeism rates (23.0% at Lincoln and 26.5% at Vance) that are well above the state average of 16.4%, though below the district's 32.0%. Interestingly, Vance spends about $1,379 more per student ($14,777 vs $13,398), yet Lincoln achieves better outcomes across nearly every metric. On a positive note, both schools have improved their state rankings over the past three years — Lincoln jumped from the 7th percentile to the 19th, while Vance moved from the 5th to the 10th. Still, both remain far below state proficiency averages of roughly 45-54% in ELA and math.
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