Schools in Zip Code 06117

ZIP code 06117 in West Hartford, Connecticut is served by 7 schools — 5 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school — enrolling approximately 4,074 students across two very different districts. Six schools belong to the West Hartford School District, ranked #51 out of 153 Connecticut districts (67th percentile, 3 stars). The seventh, University of Hartford Magnet School, belongs to the Capitol Region Education Council, ranked #145 out of 153 (5th percentile, 0 stars).

Bugbee School and Hall High School are the clear standouts. Bugbee ranks #14 out of 491 Connecticut elementary schools (97th percentile, 5 stars), with 5th-grade ELA proficiency of 92.7% and chronic absenteeism of just 4.1%. Hall High ranks #10 out of 133 high schools (92nd percentile, 5 stars), with a 94.2% graduation rate and 11th-grade ELA proficiency of 81.1% — 25.8 points above the state. King Philip Middle School, the ZIP's only middle school, ranks #44 out of 258 (83rd percentile), with 8th-grade science proficiency of 66.1% versus 50.9% statewide. At the opposite end, University of Hartford Magnet School ranks #351 out of 491 (29th percentile, 1 star), with 4th-grade ELA proficiency of just 29.7% and chronic absenteeism of 19.5%. The contrast between Bugbee School and University of Hartford Magnet School is stark: 92.7% versus 46.9% on 5th-grade ELA, and an 11.66% free/reduced lunch rate versus 62.26%.

Several West Hartford schools are trending downward, with Aiken School falling from the 89th to 80th percentile, Norfeldt School from 83rd to 73rd, and Webster Hill School from 90th to 70th over the past three years. Attendance is a major strength: all six West Hartford schools have chronic absenteeism rates below the state rate of 16.4%. Math is the weakest subject nearly everywhere, including at Hall High School, where ELA proficiency (81.1%) outpaces math (56.8%) by 24.3 points. Notably, University of Hartford Magnet School spends the most per student ($22,853) yet has the lowest performance, while Bugbee School spends far less ($16,148) and achieves the best results. Overall, this ZIP code offers some of Connecticut's strongest public schools, but the range of outcomes is extremely wide.