Best Elementary Schools in Connecticut for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Connecticut Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Connecticut test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 70)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Highland School	Public	K-6	490 Highland Ave.	Cheshire	06410	New Haven County	Cheshire School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 272-0335	866	61	14.1	15.7%	643 (74.2%)	22 (2.5%)	101 (11.7%)	68 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.7%)	$17,145							98.6%	95.6%	3.00%			090075000127
2	Tolland Intermediate School	Public	3-5	96 Old Post RD	Tolland	06084	Tolland County	Tolland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 870-6885	470	39	12	14.7%	370 (78.7%)	14 (3.0%)	51 (10.9%)	8 (1.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.3%)	$19,316							97.1%	87.7%	9.42%			090456000913
3	Middlebrook School	Public	K-5	220 Middlebrooks Ave.	Trumbull	06611	Fairfield County	Trumbull School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 452-4411	481	39	12.4	20.6%	258 (53.6%)	35 (7.3%)	119 (24.7%)	55 (11.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.5%)	$17,380							95.7%	86.7%	8.99%			090462000934
4	West Woods Upper Elementary School	Public	4-6	50 Judson Ln.	Farmington	06032	Hartford County	Farmington School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 284-1230	630	51	12.3	18.9%	320 (50.8%)	32 (5.1%)	78 (12.4%)	169 (26.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.6%)	$20,607							94.3%	88.9%	5.35%			090156001368
5	Eli Whitney School	Public	K-6	1130 Huntington Road	Stratford	06615	Fairfield County	Stratford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 385-4198	489	33	14.9	39.1%	185 (37.8%)	99 (20.2%)	174 (35.6%)	9 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.3%)	$20,316							92.9%	64.6%	28.27%			090444000898
6	George Hersey Robertson School	Public	3-5	227 Cross Street	Coventry	06238	Tolland County	Coventry School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 742-7341	350	31	11.4	26.3%	297 (84.9%)	1 (0.3%)	26 (7.4%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.3%)	$15,800							91.4%	76.5%	14.97%			090096000144
7	Totoket Valley Elementary School	Public	3-5	1388 Middletown Ave.	Northford	06472	New Haven County	North Branford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 484-1455	337	27	12.4	25.2%	281 (83.4%)	5 (1.5%)	33 (9.8%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.9%)	$19,744							90.0%	73.0%	16.96%			090297000623
8	Mary E. Griswold School	Public	PK, KG-5	133 Heather Ln.	Kensington	06037	Hartford County	Berlin School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 828-6336	522	40	13	23.9%	413 (79.1%)	13 (2.5%)	69 (13.2%)	10 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.9%)	$18,277							88.6%	69.2%	19.36%			090021000020
9	Prospect Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	75 New Haven Road	Prospect	06712	New Haven County	Regional School District 16	No	No	No	No	(203) 578-3300	605	45	13.5	25.5%	509 (84.1%)	26 (4.3%)	37 (6.1%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.1%)	$18,233							87.1%	72.0%	15.11%			090353801811
10	Wells Road Intermediate School	Public	3-5	134 Wells Rd.	Granby	06035	Hartford County	Granby School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 844-3048	379	28	13.4	21.4%	303 (79.9%)	29 (7.7%)	25 (6.6%)	13 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	$18,773							85.7%	66.0%	19.72%			090168000293

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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:

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

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

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