Best Public Schools in Zip Code 06279

Summary:

The 06279 zip code in Connecticut is home to two schools: Center School, an elementary school, and Hall Memorial School, a middle school. Both schools are part of the Willington School District, which is ranked 88 out of 158 districts in the state and rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Academically, the schools have a mixed performance, with some grade levels exceeding the state average and others falling below. Center School has a 3rd-grade math proficiency of 40.5%, which is below the state average of 49.8%, while Hall Memorial School has a 7th-grade math proficiency of 70.7%, which is above the state average of 41.5%. Both schools have a significant proportion of students from low-income families, with 45.05% of Center School students and 39.2% of Hall Memorial School students receiving free or reduced-price lunch.

The schools also differ in their resource allocation, with Hall Memorial School spending $21,999 per student, compared to $18,727 per student at Center School. Additionally, the middle school has a lower student-teacher ratio of 7.6 students per teacher, while the elementary school has a ratio of 10.7 students per teacher.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				SBAC English Language Arts (2024)		SBAC Mathematics (2024)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 5th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 7th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 8th Grade	Total
Hall Memorial School	Public	5-8	111 River Rd.	Willington	06279	Tolland County	Willington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 429-9391	176	23	7.6	39.2%	150 (85.2%)	2 (1.1%)	17 (9.7%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.3%)	56.3	106^th of 250 public middle schools	57.6%		63.8	88^th of 249 public middle schools	64.7%	18	40.4	48.8	38.3	70.7	31.4	$26,703
Center School	Public	PK, KG-4	12 Old Farms Rd.	Willington	06279	Tolland County	Willington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 429-9367	222	21	10.7	45.0%	180 (81.1%)	8 (3.6%)	22 (9.9%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.6%)								(n/a)						$21,781

Cities Near Zip Code 06279

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Willington	1.57 mi	2	97^th
Tolland	4.22 mi	4	41^st
Ashford	4.91 mi	1	132^nd
Stafford Springs	5.33 mi	4	114^th
Ellington	6.36 mi	5	40^th

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

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