Middle · Connecticut
Bristow Middle School
Bristow Middle School, a public middle school in West Hartford, Connecticut: grades 6–8, 326 students, 11.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of West Hartford School District.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 326
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.4
- Students per teacher
- 11.5
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 59% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 11.1 · 178 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 80% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 79% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 498 · 178 schools compared
Smaller than 72% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Connecticut's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Connecticut: 50%63%proficient
+0.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 60% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 57% · 177 middle schools compared
311 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Connecticut: 46%55%proficient
−0.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 57% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 50% · 178 middle schools compared
310 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Small city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with West Hartford School District.
Location
- Address
- 34 Highland St., West Hartford, CT 06102
- Phone
- (860)231-2100
- City or town
- West Hartford
- County
- Capitol Planning Region
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Renzulli Gifted and Talented AcademyFree meals for all | 4–8 | 128 | 13.5 | 90% | 89% |
M. L. King Jr. Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 184 | 9.9 | 13% | 5.4% |
McDonough Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 301 | 12.0 | 12% | 6.2% |
| 6–8 | 820 | 11.4 | 68% | 61% | |
| 6–8 | 874 | 11.4 | 62% | 57% | |
Burr Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 259 | 14.4 | 7.8% | 3.6% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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