Summary:
Zip code 06238, located in Coventry, CT, is home to just one middle school: Capt. Nathan Hale School, serving grades 6 through 8 with 363 students. As the only middle school in the area, this school stands out as a top performer, earning 4 out of 5 stars for three consecutive years and climbing to 28th out of 258 Connecticut middle schools (89th percentile) for the 2025–2026 school year — a jump of 19 positions from the prior year. It is part of the Coventry School District, which ranks 42nd out of 153 districts statewide.
Academically, Capt. Nathan Hale School outperforms the state by wide margins in every subject and grade. In 2025–2026, English Language Arts proficiency ranged from 73.7% in 6th grade to 80.8% in 8th grade, compared to roughly 51% statewide. Math proficiency ranged from 60.2% to 71.3%, compared to roughly 42–44% statewide. The most striking gain was in 8th-grade math, which surged by 19.6 percentage points, from 51.7% to 71.3%, in a single year. The school maintains a low student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1, and about 27.8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a moderately mixed-income student body.
Chronic absenteeism at the school is 11.3% — better than the state average of 16.4% but higher than the district's 8.5%, making it a modest area for improvement. While ELA remains the school's relative strength, the rapid improvement in math has clearly contributed to its strong state ranking. One curious pattern is the divergence between 7th-grade ELA, which fell from 80.0% to 73.8%, and 8th-grade ELA, which rose from 71.9% to 80.8% — a shift likely due to different cohorts but worth monitoring. Overall, Capt. Nathan Hale School delivers exceptional academic results, placing it in the top 11% of Connecticut middle schools, with a substantial per-student investment of $18,862.
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