Summary:
Zip code 06107 (West Hartford, CT) is served by four traditional public schools in the West Hartford School District, spanning elementary through high school and enrolling 3,090 students total. All four schools — Conard High School, Sedgwick Middle School, Duffy School, and Braeburn School — currently earn 4-star ratings and rank in the top quartile of their school types in Connecticut, even though the district overall holds a 3-star rating.
The elementary schools stand out for attendance and consistency. Braeburn School has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the zip code (3.8%) and has improved its statewide rank three years running (108 → 81 → 70). Duffy School is the largest elementary school and shows strong 4th grade scores (80% ELA, 81.2% math), though its ranking is more volatile. At the secondary level, Sedgwick Middle School is the district’s biggest mover, climbing from the 66th to 79th percentile, while also having the lowest student–teacher ratio (11.4) and highest per-student spending ($17,743). Conard High School posts a strong 94.7% graduation rate and leads in ELA proficiency (74.4%), but its math proficiency (46.6%) lags the district average, and its chronic absenteeism (12.9%) is the only rate above the district’s 10.0%.
Across the zip code, attendance is excellent — the weighted average chronic absenteeism is about 9.1%, well below the state’s 16.4%. A consistent pattern is that math proficiency trails ELA at every school and grade level, from Braeburn (84.1% ELA vs. 71.4% math in 5th grade) to Conard (74.4% ELA vs. 46.6% math). Spending does not neatly align with results: Duffy School spends the least per student ($14,511) yet still ranks in the top quartile. The main watch items are Conard’s math scores and absenteeism, and Duffy’s rank fluctuations, but overall this zip code offers a cohesive set of high-performing schools with strong attendance and above-average academic outcomes.
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