Summary:
ZIP code 06416 serves the town of Cromwell, Connecticut, through four public schools in the Cromwell School District — Cromwell High School (grades 9–12), Cromwell Middle School (grades 6–8), Woodside Intermediate School (grades 3–5), and Edna C. Stevens School (PK–2) — enrolling about 1,816 students total. The district ranks 72nd out of 153 Connecticut districts and holds a 3-star rating, with all tested schools comfortably above state averages in every subject.
The standout is Cromwell High School, which improved from the 62nd to the 80th percentile statewide and now ranks 27th out of 133 Connecticut high schools with a 4-star rating. Its graduation rate of 97% and SAT ELA proficiency of 76.8% far exceed state averages. Woodside Intermediate School is the district's improvement and attendance standout, with just 7.4% chronic absenteeism — about half the state average — and rising state rankings for three consecutive years. Cromwell Middle School remains above state averages but slipped from the 71st to 67th percentile and saw ELA proficiency decline in all three grades. Edna C. Stevens School has no test data since it serves PK–2, but it has the district's highest free/reduced lunch rate (32.2%) and highest chronic absenteeism (14.5%).
The district's clearest academic challenge is math, which trails ELA and science at nearly every grade level; only 47.8% of 11th graders are proficient in math versus 76.8% in ELA. Spending and class sizes vary considerably — Cromwell High School spends $17,921 per student while Woodside Intermediate spends just $13,483 yet performs very well, suggesting that attendance and instructional quality matter as much as funding. Overall, this is a healthy, above-average district where the high school leads the way, but targeted attention to math and middle-grade literacy would yield the greatest gains.
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