Tashua School, Trumbull CT - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Tashua School

Tashua School is a regular public elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Trumbull, Connecticut. The school sits in a suburban town characterized by established residential neighborhoods mixed with retail and commercial activity, about thirty miles northeast of New York City in Fairfield County.

The school's academic performance is solid across tested grades and subjects. In math, proficiency runs strong in third grade and edges slightly lower in fourth grade before recovering in fifth grade. English language arts proficiency is somewhat lower than math overall, with third grade running lower than the older grades. Science, measured only in fifth grade, shows similarly strong performance. Across all tested grades and subjects combined, the school's proficiency index places it in the top quartile among districts in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region.

Tashua's enrollment is moderate for a K-5 building, with the fifth-grade cohort notably larger than the primary grades. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic, Asian, Black, and multiracial students. Roughly one in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a relatively low rate that reflects the town's broader economic character. The school reports full participation in state assessments.

Trumbull itself is a family-oriented suburban town with modest but steady population growth and a shift toward multifamily housing and mixed-use development in its commercial centers, particularly around the aging Westfield Trumbull Mall. The housing market runs above state and national benchmarks, with home values in the mid-to-upper range and monthly rents reflecting rental-to-income pressures around thirty-eight percent. Employment is anchored by health care, corporate offices, and retail, and civic infrastructure includes a two-branch public library system and extensive parkland.

The Trumbull School District has undertaken significant changes in recent years. The district recently overhauled its K-3 reading curriculum to align with the science of reading, emphasizing phonics and phonemic awareness using DIBELS and Fountas and Pinnell benchmark assessments. Federal pandemic-relief funding that had supported additional instructional and support staff, particularly in elementary schools, sunsetted at the end of the 2023-2024 school year, requiring the district to absorb or reduce those positions going forward. Beyond Tashua's grade band, Trumbull High School shifted to an eight-period rotating schedule in 2023-2024, expanding course choice and class duration. Voters approved a major referendum to rebuild Hillcrest Middle School on its existing campus, a multi-year construction project that will shape middle-school families' experience.

A parent considering Tashua should weigh the school's demonstrated proficiency against the reality that reading instruction is in active transition districtwide and that district-level support infrastructure has tightened. The school's enrollment and demographics reflect a largely established, stable neighborhood. The town itself is in the early stages of density and mixed-use development, which may affect long-term housing patterns and school enrollment.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 391%

School 91% · District 82% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 52 pts above county median

Grade 484%

School 84% · District 75% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 52 pts above county median

Grade 586%

School 86% · District 74% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 43 pts above state median · ▲ 63 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 378%

School 78% · District 72% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

Grade 479%

School 79% · District 74% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 585%

School 85% · District 78% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

Science

Grade 587%

School 87% · District 80% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 58 pts above county median

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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.