In Connecticut, 29.2% of Black students are proficient in reading at the typical school — against 55.6% of White students. Within Hartford alone, the gap between the best and worst schools for Black children is 80 points. This tool helps you find the right one.
Search Connecticut schools ›Share of students meeting proficient at the typical Connecticut school. Groups are shown wherever Connecticut reports them; a group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
These figures come from CT Smarter Balanced 2025, measuring proficient in ELA & Math · Grades 3–8. Across 73 districts, 293 Connecticut schools report enough results to be included.
At the typical Connecticut school the picture is black students at 25.6%, hispanic students at 26.9%, white students at 53.6% and asian students at 69.2%. That is a 43.6-point spread between the highest and lowest group, inside the same schools, the same districts and the same state — which is what this tool exists to make visible.
An A means 80% or more of Black students are proficient. One school clears it. Stamford Charter School for Excellence comes closest at scale, reaching 72.0% across 282 Black student results. Four schools reach 70%.
Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy reaches 83.7%. Global Communications Academy, in the same district, sits at 3.9%. Across 24 schools in one district, a child's address decides which end they land on.
22.5% of Black students are proficient in math, against 61.9% of White students. Reading is 34.4 points. Connecticut is among the wealthiest states in the country.
These are the schools where Black students most often meet proficient, among those with at least 25 Black student results reported. Every group's result is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renzulli Gifted and Talented AcademyHartford School District | 89.6% | 83.7% | 79.4% | 100% | — |
| Stamford Charter School for ExcellenceStamford Charter School for Excellence District Charter | 76.2% | 72% | 65% | — | 98.6% |
| Edith E. Mackrille SchoolWest Haven School District | 64.1% | 71.9% | 60.4% | 74.3% | — |
| Whisconier Middle SchoolBrookfield School District | 60.6% | 71.4% | 39.5% | 64.4% | 86.7% |
| Buckley SchoolManchester School District | 65.8% | 64.5% | 56.8% | 78% | — |
| Hillcrest Middle SchoolTrumbull School District | 77.6% | 62.1% | 64.5% | 80.4% | 91.4% |
| Eli Whitney SchoolStratford School District | 62.3% | 61.9% | 51% | 74% | — |
| Middlebrook SchoolTrumbull School District | 76.8% | 57.7% | 73.1% | 79.9% | 89.7% |
| Madison Middle SchoolTrumbull School District | 68.4% | 57.3% | 58.8% | 69.2% | 85.6% |
| Israel Putnam SchoolMeriden School District | 61.5% | 57% | 58.7% | 73.1% | — |
Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.
The same measure at the other end of the range. In many of these schools every group is falling short, which points at the school rather than at the students in it.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy for Global AwarenessNew Haven School District | 5.7% | 0% | 5.1% | — | — |
| Global Communications AcademyHartford School District | 7% | 3.9% | 8.6% | — | — |
| Wexler/Grant - Lincoln/Bassett Community SchoolNew Haven School District | 10.8% | 4.7% | 23% | — | — |
| Ross/Woodward SchoolNew Haven School District Magnet | 14.3% | 5.2% | 12.4% | — | — |
| Milner Middle SchoolHartford School District | 9.8% | 6.5% | 11% | — | — |
| Columbus SchoolBridgeport School District | 9.1% | 7.3% | 8.7% | — | — |
| Augusta Lewis Troup SchoolNew Haven School District | 10.8% | 7.4% | 15.5% | — | — |
| Hill Central Music AcademyNew Haven School District | 11% | 7.5% | 11.2% | — | — |
| Reed SchoolWaterbury School District | 11.6% | 7.9% | 12.4% | — | — |
| Bryant SchoolBridgeport School District | 7.5% | 7.9% | 7.6% | — | — |
In Hartford School District, Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy reports 83.7% of Black students meeting the standard. Global Communications Academy, in the same district, reports 3.9%. That is a 79.8-point spread across 24 schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base — the clearest illustration of why address matters more than it should.
Districts with at least ten schools reporting Black student results, by school count. The percentage shown is the average across that district's schools for Black students.