Elementary · Connecticut

Eli Whitney School

Eli Whitney School, a public elementary school in Stratford, Connecticut: grades k–6, 462 students, 14.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Stratford School District.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary 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
462
Teachers (FTE)
31.8
Students per teacher
14.5
Grades
K–6
Elementary

More students per teacher than 85% of elementary schools in Connecticut

Median 12.2 · 594 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 50% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 76% of elementary schools in Connecticut

Median 369 · 598 schools compared

Larger than 59% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 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%

58%proficient

−1.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 58% of elementary schools in Connecticut

Median 53% · 551 elementary schools compared

275 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Connecticut: 46%

66%proficient

+3.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 70% of elementary schools in Connecticut

Median 50% · 551 elementary schools compared

274 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
Elementary · Grades K–6
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Stratford School District.

Location

Address
1130 Huntington Road, Stratford, CT 06615
Phone
(203)385-4198

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Second Hill Lane SchoolFree meals for all
K–661014.134%31%
K–631815.451%39%
Nichols SchoolFree meals for all
K–641815.128%22%
K–629011.937%35%
Thomas Hooker SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–828811.132%21%
Six-Six Magnet SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–844110.339%40%

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

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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