Best Elementary Schools in Connecticut

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the NGSS and SBAC test scores by the Connecticut Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, August 27, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 497)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
090192001192	261	Betances Learning Lab Magnet School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-4	42 Charter Oak Avenue	Hartford	06106	Hartford County	Hartford School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(860) 695-2840	394	27	14.8	50.5%	26 (6.6%)	60 (15.2%)	168 (42.6%)	121 (30.7%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.1%)	$21,094							47	32.2	320	59
090288000606	262	John Paterson School	Public	PK, KG-4	120 Church Street	Newington	06111	Hartford County	Newington School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 666-4657	442	36	12.2	35.5%	251 (56.8%)	21 (4.8%)	118 (26.7%)	27 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.7%)	$19,906							46.6	49	244	18
090519001640	263	Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy	Public, Magnet	K-8	141 Tuckie Road	North Windham	06256	Windham County	Windham School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(860) 465-2610	553	53	10.5	51.0%	245 (44.3%)	7 (1.3%)	270 (48.8%)	7 (1.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.8%)	$21,097							45.9	40.2	281	18
090051000103	264	Mountain View School	Public	K-5	71 Vera Rd.	Bristol	06010	Hartford County	Bristol School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 584-7726	331	26	12.6	48.6%	157 (47.4%)	22 (6.6%)	101 (30.5%)	20 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (9.4%)	$18,078							45.9	60.8	206	58
090147000241	265	Edgar H. Parkman School	Public	3-5	165 Weymouth Rd.	Enfield	06082	Hartford County	Enfield School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 253-6570	269	27	10	47.6%	178 (66.2%)	12 (4.5%)	55 (20.4%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (7.8%)	$19,489							45.4	36.3	293	28
090051000098	266	Greene-Hills School	Public	K-8	718 Pine St.	Bristol	06010	Hartford County	Bristol School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 584-7822	824	65	12.7	56.2%	377 (45.8%)	60 (7.3%)	306 (37.1%)	28 (3.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (5.9%)	$17,817							45.1	56	226	40
090507001065	267	Samuel B. Webb Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	51 Willow St.	Wethersfield	06109	Hartford County	Wethersfield School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 571-8340	330	23	14.2	29.1%	200 (60.6%)	15 (4.5%)	77 (23.3%)	25 (7.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	10 (3.0%)	$19,649							45.1	44.3	264	3
090468000939	268	Center Road School	Public	PK, KG-5	20 Center Rd.	Vernon	06066	Tolland County	Vernon School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 870-6300	453	41	11.1	47.7%	256 (56.5%)	44 (9.7%)	95 (21.0%)	26 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.1%)	$18,035							44.6	49.5	241	27
090240000440	269	Casimir Pulaski School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Clearview Ave.	Meriden	06450	New Haven County	Meriden School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 238-1273	576	41	14	87.2%	98 (17.0%)	54 (9.4%)	390 (67.7%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.0%)	$14,812							44.6	33.3	314	45
090483000541	270	Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	233 South Elm St.	Waterbury	06706	New Haven County	Waterbury School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(203) 574-8162	596	43	13.9	53.7%	155 (26.0%)	87 (14.6%)	316 (53.0%)	10 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.7%)	$19,900							44.1	35.4	298	28

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SBAC English Language Arts, SBAC Mathematics, NGSS Science test scores released by the Connecticut Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 27, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Connecticut Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Connecticut Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

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Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education.