Best Elementary Schools in Connecticut

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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)
090021000018	201	Emma Hart Willard School	Public	PK, KG-5	1088 Norton Rd.	Berlin	06037	Hartford County	Berlin School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 828-4151	452	40	11.1	32.1%	344 (76.1%)	14 (3.1%)	62 (13.7%)	20 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.2%)	$22,325							62.6	62	203	2
090276000538	202	Ann Antolini School	Public	3-6	30 Antolini Road	New Hartford	06057	Litchfield County	New Hartford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 489-4169	247	19	12.7	23.1%	220 (89.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.7%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	$21,861							62.5	63.8	191	11
090399001642	203	Chatfield-LoPresti School	Public	K-5	51 Skokorat St.	Seymour	06483	New Haven County	Seymour School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 888-4640	536	36	14.8	51.9%	323 (60.3%)	54 (10.1%)	135 (25.2%)	11 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.4%)	$15,825							61.5	56.9	219	16
090213000395	204	Lebanon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	479 Exeter Rd.	Lebanon	06249	New London County	Lebanon School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 642-7593	367	32	11.5	27.2%	321 (87.5%)	2 (0.5%)	32 (8.7%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	$19,176							61.5	63.6	192	12
090528001106	205	Wakelee School	Public	K-5	12 Hempel Dr.	Wolcott	06716	New Haven County	Wolcott School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 879-8154	372	32	11.5	37.1%	263 (70.7%)	16 (4.3%)	68 (18.3%)	15 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	$15,702							60.9	65.4	184	21
090414000526	206	Somers Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4 Vision Boulevard	Somers	06071	Tolland County	Somers School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 749-2270	658	53	12.4		580 (88.1%)	14 (2.1%)	41 (6.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.0%)	$17,144							60.8	63	197	9
090240000448	207	Nathan Hale School	Public	PK, KG-5	277 Atkins St. Ext.	Meriden	06450	New Haven County	Meriden School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 237-7486	504	35	14.5	76.2%	98 (19.4%)	51 (10.1%)	313 (62.1%)	11 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.6%)	$15,280							60.8	46.2	256	49
090353700708	208	Long Meadow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	65 North Benson Rd.	Middlebury	06762	New Haven County	Regional School District 15	No	No	No	No	(203) 758-1144	528	43	12.2	12.7%	416 (78.8%)	15 (2.8%)	50 (9.5%)	24 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.0%)	$21,792							60.2	65.5	183	25
090432001916	209	Strawberry Hill an ext. of Rogers International	Public, Magnet	K-8	200 Strawberry Hill Ave.	Stamford	06902	Fairfield County	Stamford School District	No	Yes	No	No	(203) 977-6600	797	64	12.4	43.4%	237 (29.7%)	86 (10.8%)	313 (39.3%)	92 (11.5%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (8.3%)	$19,871							59.8	66.7	179	30
090186000349	210	West Woods School	Public	K-6	350 West Todd St.	Hamden	06518	New Haven County	Hamden School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 407-2050	305	24	12.7	30.2%	103 (33.8%)	70 (23.0%)	64 (21.0%)	45 (14.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (7.2%)	$23,950							59.7	62	202	8

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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.

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