Huckleberry Hill Elementary School, Brookfield CT

Original Research by School Decision on Huckleberry Hill Elementary School

Huckleberry Hill Elementary School has closed. The school, which served middle elementary grades in Brookfield, Connecticut, was consolidated into the new Candlewood Lake Elementary School when that facility opened in August 2023. The consolidation merged Huckleberry Hill with Center Elementary School (Connecticut's oldest school building) into a single pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade campus, relocating all of Brookfield's elementary students and bringing fifth graders out of the middle school in the process.

Before closure, Huckleberry Hill's most recent state assessment data, from spring 2023, showed proficiency rates in math and English language arts that were below the midpoint within Connecticut. In math, third-grade students posted proficiency in little more than half of cases, while fourth graders achieved proficiency at a slightly higher rate. English language arts results followed a similar pattern across both grades, with proficiency rates hovering around the halfway mark. Test participation was strong, indicating good access to the assessments. The school had administered the Smarter Balanced Assessment to both grades tested.

Enrollment data, demographic breakdowns, free-or-reduced-price lunch rates, special education and English learner figures, staffing details, and attendance records were not available in the records reviewed. The school's location was on Candlewood Lake Road in Brookfield, in an affluent suburban setting northwest of New York City where housing values are above state medians and the community is primarily single-family residential with some lakefront multifamily development.

With the school now closed and students attending Candlewood Lake Elementary, families seeking information about Brookfield's elementary education should contact the district directly or visit the new school's facilities. The consolidation represents a significant shift in how the district delivers elementary instruction, completed as a major capital project approved by voters in early 2023.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 50% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 460%

School 60% · District 61% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 8 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 48% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 456%

School 56% · District 67% · ▼ 11 pts below district

even with state median

This schoolBrookfield School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income42%Higher-income61%20 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income38%Higher-income62%24 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income42%Higher-income61%20 pp gap