NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools CT

Best-Resourced Schools in Glastonbury, CT

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7 public K-12 schools in Glastonbury from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
4,979
Students
50.4/100
Avg Resource Index
12:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Glastonbury has more public-school enrollment than 55% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Glastonbury lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of Glastonbury's 7 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 29-point gap between Glastonbury High School and Glastonbury/East Hartford Magnet School shows the range hidden by Glastonbury's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 45%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
88th percentile
Teacher staffing
88th percentile

Glastonbury High School accounts for 34.9% of all Glastonbury public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Glastonbury-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Glastonbury school enrollment varies 3.9× across entities

Glastonbury school enrollment ranges from 441 students (lowest) to 1,737 students (highest), a spread of 1,296 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Glastonbury student-teacher ratio is 12.0:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Glastonbury High School 57
2. Buttonball Lane School 56
3. Smith Middle School 55
4. Gideon Welles School 53
5. Hebron Avenue School 52
6. Naubuc School 52
7. Glastonbury/East Hartford Magnet School 28

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Glastonbury

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Glastonbury/East Hartford Magnet School 71.1/100
  2. 2 Naubuc School 68.9/100
  3. 3 Buttonball Lane School 58.4/100
  4. 4 Smith Middle School 58.1/100
  5. 5 Gideon Welles School 55.4/100

What do families ask about schools in Glastonbury?

Which Glastonbury school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Glastonbury High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Glastonbury schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Glastonbury, CT? ▼

Glastonbury has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,979 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.