Elementary · Connecticut
Forest School
Free meals for allForest School, a public elementary school in West Haven, Connecticut: grades pre-k–4, 428 students, 10.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of West Haven 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
- 428
- Teachers (FTE)
- 39.2
- Students per teacher
- 10.9
- Grades
- Pre-K–4
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 78% of elementary schools in Connecticut
Median 12.2 · 594 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 87% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 66% of elementary schools in Connecticut
Median 369 · 598 schools compared
Larger than 52% 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%30%proficient
−3.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 77% of elementary schools in Connecticut
Median 53% · 551 elementary schools compared
160 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Connecticut: 46%38%proficient
+3.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 65% of elementary schools in Connecticut
Median 50% · 551 elementary schools compared
160 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 Pre-K–4
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with West Haven School District.
Location
- Address
- 95 Burwell Rd., West Haven, CT 06516
- Phone
- (203)931-6800
- City or town
- West Haven
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barnard Environmental Magnet SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 496 | 16.4 | 24% | 11% |
Edgewood SchoolFree meals for all | K–8 | 397 | 15.0 | 35% | 26% |
Truman SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 460 | 13.9 | 14% | 9.8% |
Washington SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 321 | 9.4 | 34% | 38% |
John C. DanielsFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 522 | 13.7 | 25% | 13% |
Augusta Lewis Troup SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 300 | 9.6 | 12% | 9.9% |
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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