Elementary Schools in Bristol Warren

The three elementary schools in Bristol Warren are Hugh Cole School, Colt Andrews School and Rockwell School. All report results for grades 3–5; Hugh Cole serves PK–5, while the other two serve K–5. In 2025–26, every school’s all-grades ELA, math and science results were above the state figures. However, strengths differ by subject, so no single school leads across the board: that is the most important takeaway for families comparing schools in the area.

Colt Andrews School leads in ELA and math, with 58.1% proficient in ELA and 53.8% in math. Those results are 10.6 and 8.7 percentage points above, respectively, the average of the other two schools. Rockwell School leads in science at 61.5%, 14.6 points above the next-highest result. Hugh Cole School has the lowest all-grades ELA and math results, at 44.3% and 41.0%, but is not lowest in science: its 48.3% is 1.4 points above Colt Andrews. Grade-level results add important nuance: Hugh Cole has the highest grade 5 math score (50.0%), despite its lowest all-grades math score, while the widest school-to-school gaps occur in grade 3 math and ELA.

Recent changes are mixed, with science improving at all three schools. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Colt Andrews gained 4.0 points in ELA, 6.8 in math and 6.0 in science; Hugh Cole’s ELA and math dipped slightly while science rose 4.0 points. Rockwell’s science increased 4.1 points, but its math fell 16.1 points. SchoolDigger rankings from 2023–24 to 2025–26 improved for Colt Andrews (49th to 23rd) and Hugh Cole (63rd to 50th), while Rockwell moved from 14th to 30th. School measures also vary: Hugh Cole has the largest enrollment and lowest student–teacher ratio (517 students; 13.2), while Rockwell has the smallest enrollment and highest ratio (260; 17.3); free/reduced-lunch rates range from 17.69% at Rockwell to 48.21% at Colt Andrews. These are useful context points, not explanations for results, and the school averages are not weighted by enrollment.