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Schools in Blue Hills

Blue Hills’s public schools

Bloomfield School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Blue Hills. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Connecticut’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Connecticut’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
36%
2021–22
Math proficiency
21%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$33.7K
▲ 30% vs CT $25.9K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.2
CT 12.2 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
807 students on the public path
In brief

Blue Hills’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Blue Hills’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Connecticut’s 920 public schools. Carmen Arace Middle School places highest (better than 20%); Global Experience Magnet School lowest (11%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Blue Hills, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Laurel Literacy Academyin BloomfieldNo scores
3–4Metacomet Schoolin BloomfieldC−
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressD to C−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Bloomfield School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Bloomfield School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 7 schools · 1,834 students, down 10% since 2020–21 · 10.2 per teacher (CT 12.2)
$33,654CT $25,892 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading36%
State average 50.5% · 903 students tested
Math21%
State average 39.8% · 900 students tested

Blue Hills vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Connecticut towns that share Blue Hills’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Blue Hills—Bloomfield
BloomfieldC−Bloomfield
HartfordDHartford
WindsorCWindsor

Every school in Blue Hills

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Connecticut’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Blue Hillsin other towns
Laurel Literacy Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Bloomfield
247 students8:1Rate it →
Metacomet School
Elementary · Grades 3–4 · Bloomfield
C−
183 students9:1Rate it →
Global Experience Magnet School
High · Grades 6–12 · Bloomfield
D
175 students10:1Rate it →
Carmen Arace Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Bloomfield
C−
202 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Blue Hills’s schools

Are Blue Hills’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Blue Hills. Bloomfield School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Blue Hills. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Connecticut’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Blue Hills in?

Bloomfield School District.

Where do Blue Hills kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Carmen Arace Middle School and Global Experience Magnet School.

Parents talk

What Blue Hills families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.