Elementary · Connecticut

West Bristol School

Free meals for all

West Bristol School, a public elementary school in Bristol, Connecticut: grades k–8, 833 students, 12.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Bristol 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
833
Teachers (FTE)
64.6
Students per teacher
12.9
Grades
K–8
Elementary

More students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in Connecticut

Median 12.2 · 594 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 69% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 98% of elementary schools in Connecticut

Median 369 · 598 schools compared

Larger than 95% 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%

38%proficient

−1.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 68% of elementary schools in Connecticut

Median 53% · 551 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Connecticut: 46%

33%proficient

+3.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 72% of elementary schools in Connecticut

Median 50% · 551 elementary schools compared

570 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–8
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 Bristol School District.

Location

Address
500 Clark Avenue, Bristol, CT 06010
Phone
(860)584-7815
City or town
Bristol

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
3–528611.438%40%
South Side SchoolFree meals for all
K–551514.348%44%
Stafford SchoolFree meals for all
K–535312.048%43%
Pre-K–232011.0——
Ellen P. Hubbell SchoolFree meals for all
K–533111.465%56%
Pre-K–532014.570%72%

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.

NCES 090051001624