Westbrook School District, CT

Original Research by School Decision on Westbrook School District

Westbrook School District serves prekindergarten through high school students in a small community in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. The district operates three schools: an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school, and enrollment sits at roughly 600 students across all grades.

In mathematics, the district shows a consistent pattern across elementary and middle grades, with roughly two-thirds of students achieving proficiency in third through fifth grade, a dip in sixth grade where data was suppressed for privacy, and stronger performance by seventh and eighth grade, where proficiency reaches the upper range. The seventh-grade reading assessment was suppressed, but in other grades elementary students show more uneven performance: third-grade reading proficiency sits at just under half, while fourth grade rises to near two-thirds. Middle school reading proficiency is strong, with eighth graders reaching near three-quarters proficiency. Science data is sparse by design, covering only fifth and eighth grades; fifth-grade science proficiency aligns with that grade's math result. Overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places Westbrook above the midpoint among the region's districts, and the district's per-pupil spending is in the upper range for its county.

Demographically, the district is predominantly white, with Hispanic students making up roughly a quarter of enrollment. Very small numbers of Asian and multiracial students are present, and Black student enrollment is minimal. Free-or-reduced-price-lunch data was not available, so a direct read on economic need cannot be made from the data provided. Special education and English learner counts were also not reported.

The housing market in Westbrook reflects a typical southern Connecticut coastal-adjacent community, with median home values moderately above state benchmarks and median rents in the mid-range. A parent may want to look further into the district's school assignment and choice policies, as well as specific elementary program structure, since the data does not describe these features.

The district has recently undergone lasting changes to instruction. In response to Connecticut's Right to Read legislation, which mandates a science-of-reading approach to early literacy, Westbrook revised its entire K-5 English Language Arts curriculum using an approved evidence-based program, with work completed in late 2025. The district also rolled out a PreK-12 social-emotional learning program beginning in 2023-2024, tailoring it to each school level. Additionally, Westbrook launched a K-12 computer science curriculum starting in 2024-2025 and began offering Advanced Placement Computer Science that fall, adding a new STEM pathway. High school health education was updated in fall 2025 to align with Connecticut's state curriculum framework.

Chronic absenteeism sits below the midpoint for the region, suggesting attendance challenges are not outsized here. Graduation rate data was not available; a parent should contact the district directly for high school completion and post-secondary outcome information.

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District Context

Officially reported figures, 2024-25.

Enrollment

597

Grades

PK–12

Schools

Student body

Hispanic 26%

Black 1%

White 70%

Asian 2%

Two+ 2%

Schools in this District

3 schools are officially reported under this district.

Daisy Ingraham School

Westbrook Middle School

Westbrook High School

Academic Performance

Percent of students meeting or exceeding state standards, by grade.

Mathematics

5 grades reported

65%

Grade 3

67%

Grade 4

62%

Grade 5

66%

Grade 7

78%

Grade 8

English Language Arts

4 grades reported

48%

Grade 3

63%

Grade 4

47%

Grade 6

72%

Grade 8

Science

1 grade reported

62%

Grade 5

Housing & Real Estate

Data as of April 2026 | District-weighted from constituent ZIP codes

Home Values

Typical home value$565,498

Year-over-year change+5.5%

vs. state typical1.28x

vs. national typical1.54x

Home value trend (12 months)

ZIP code home values (1 ZIP codes)

ZIP	City	Value	YoY	Weight
06498	Westbrook	$565K	+5.5%	100.0%

Rental Market

Typical monthly rent$2,000/mo

ZIP code rents (1 ZIP codes)

ZIP	City	Rent/mo	YoY	Weight
06498	Westbrook	$2,000	—	100.0%

Affordability

Est. monthly mortgage (20% down at 6.48%)$2,854/mo

Home price / national median income6.8x

Annual rent / national median income28.7%

Est. mortgage exceeds rent by$854/mo

Comparison

State typical home value$441,466 (+4.8% YoY)

National typical home value$368,198 (+0.6% YoY)

State ZHVI trend (12 months)

National ZHVI trend (12 months)

Economic Context

30-year fixed mortgage rate6.48%

National unemployment rate4.3%

National median household income$83,730

CPI: Rent of shelter (index)447.05

30-year fixed mortgage rate (12 months)

National unemployment rate (12 months)

National median household income (12 months)

CPI: Rent of shelter (index) (12 months)

Sources: Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index (Zillow Group), Realtor.com via Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)

Data Currently Unavailable

Civil Rights Data (CRDC)

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