Summary:
ZIP code 06102 contains just one school: Bristow Middle School, a 6–8 grade middle school with 326 students in the West Hartford School District in Connecticut. Bristow has earned 4 stars from SchoolDigger for three consecutive years, ranking 69th out of 258 Connecticut middle schools (73rd percentile) for 2025–2026, while its district carries 3 stars and ranks 51st out of 153 districts statewide.
Bristow is a consistently strong performer relative to the state, exceeding Connecticut averages in every subject and grade level tested across both school years. In 2025–2026, 6th-grade ELA proficiency was 70.7% versus 51.2% statewide, and 7th-grade math was 62.2% versus 44.1% statewide. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 10.5% is well below the state average of 16.4%. However, performance against its own district is mixed—Bristow exceeded the district in 6th-grade ELA and math but trailed in 7th- and 8th-grade subjects and 8th-grade science. The most striking concern is a sharp year-over-year decline in 8th-grade scores: math dropped from 65.6% to 51.4%, ELA from 68.8% to 61.1%, and science from 68.4% to 56.9%, even as district and state averages mostly improved.
On the positive side, 6th-grade math jumped from 47.1% to 60.6% and 6th-grade ELA from 61.5% to 70.7%, suggesting the current 6th-grade cohort or instructional strategies are producing stronger results. Roughly 31% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch, yet the school still posts proficiency rates well above state averages. With a low student–teacher ratio of 11.4 and per-pupil spending around $18,556, Bristow has meaningful resource advantages. Since Bristow is the only school in this ZIP code, families seeking elementary or high school options would need to look elsewhere in West Hartford, and the 8th-grade decline is the one area warranting attention.
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