The top reported proficiency rate is 70% in English language arts. The lowest is 62% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Eli Terry School
Eli Terry School serves kindergarten through fifth grade in a mid-sized suburban town northeast of Hartford. The school sits in a community that has historically been agricultural but now blends residential neighborhoods with a growing commercial and industrial base, anchored by major distribution centers and light manufacturing. South Windsor's housing market reflects a solidly middle- to upper-middle-income community, with median home values above the state benchmark and a low poverty rate; about a small share of families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The school's enrollment sits just under about five hundred students, spread across the six grades, with a demographically diverse student body. White students make up a slight majority, but the school also serves substantial shares of Asian, Hispanic, and mixed-race families. Specific data on English learners and students receiving special education services were not available.
On state assessments, Eli Terry shows solid proficiency in English language arts and math across the grades where data are available. In third grade, performance in both ELA and math is strong, with proficiency rates in the low-to-mid seventies. Fifth grade ELA proficiency remains solid, while fifth grade math dips below half, marking a meaningful shift. Grade four results for math were suppressed for privacy reasons, and grade four ELA shows a lower rate than neighboring grades. Fifth grade science proficiency data were also suppressed, though the tested students' average scale score was reported. Only one year of assessment data are available; trend information that would show whether performance is stable, rising, or falling was not present in the data provided. Participation in state assessments was very high across the school.
Compared to other elementary schools in the Capitol Planning Region, Eli Terry's overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint, placing it in the stronger half of the county's elementary schools.
The district has invested substantially in elementary facilities over the past several years. Eli Terry itself was not new, but South Windsor completed a long-term elementary schools renovation and replacement plan, with the newest addition being Pleasant Valley Elementary, which opened in 2023. This means families enrolling in the district send children to modern K-5 buildings. The broader district has also just approved funding for significant improvements to South Windsor High School, signaling ongoing investment in the schools, though voters rejected a proposal to repurpose the former Orchard Hill Elementary building, leaving that facility's future use unsettled.
The immediate South Windsor community offers an extensive park and recreation system, a public library, and bus service, though the town is car-oriented and suburban in character, with some walkability pockets like Evergreen Walk. The town is growing, with new housing developments and an expanding business and industrial base, which may affect school enrollment and community composition over time. A family considering Eli Terry would be choosing a school in a stable, modernized elementary system serving a relatively affluent suburban context where performance is above the midpoint for the region.
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