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Schools in Plantsville

Plantsville’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?11/11schools 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
65%
2021–22
Math proficiency
57%
2021–22
Graduate on time
94%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$21.4K
▼ 17% vs CT $25.9K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.2
CT 12.2
Schools in town
0
5,879 students on the public path
In brief

Plantsville’s schools, in brief

School by school

11 of Plantsville’s 11 district schools with test results score above the middle of Connecticut’s 920 public schools. Zaya A. Oshana Elementary School places highest (better than 90%); R. E. Thalberg Elementary School lowest (62%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Eight elementary schools serve Plantsville, graded from B to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and one high school: Southington High School. 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 Plantsville, with each school’s own grade.

8 schools teach K in Plantsville’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from B to A, so check the specific school.
Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Southington
A−
549 students12:1Rate it →
R. E. Thalberg Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Southington
B
443 students14:1Rate it →
William H. Hatton Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Southington
A−
320 students12:1Rate it →
Urbin T. Kelley School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Southington
A
301 students12:1Rate it →
William M. Strong Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5
A
294 students12:1Rate it →
Flanders Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Southington
B+
259 students10:1Rate it →
South End Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A−
243 students11:1Rate it →
Zaya A. Oshana Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Southington
A
235 students11:1Rate it →
The path, start to finish
K–58 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB to A
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressB to B+
9–12Southington High Schoolin SouthingtonB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Southington 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.

Southington School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 13 schools · 6,000 students · 12.2 per teacher (CT 12.2)
$21,438CT $25,892 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading65%
State average 50.5% · 3242 students tested
Math57%
State average 39.8% · 3233 students tested

Plantsville vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Plantsville—Southington

Every school in Plantsville

11 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 Plantsvillein other towns
Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Southington
A−
549 students12:1Rate it →
Urbin T. Kelley School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Southington
A
301 students12:1Rate it →
William M. Strong Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5
A
294 students12:1Rate it →
R. E. Thalberg Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Southington
B
443 students14:1Rate it →
William H. Hatton Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Southington
A−
320 students12:1Rate it →
Flanders Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Southington
B+
259 students10:1Rate it →
South End Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A−
243 students11:1Rate it →
Zaya A. Oshana Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Southington
A
235 students11:1Rate it →
Joseph A. Depaolo Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Southington
B
671 students11:1Rate it →
John F. Kennedy Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8
B+
659 students12:1Rate it →
Southington High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Southington
B+
1,905 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Plantsville’s schools

Are Plantsville’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Plantsville. Southington School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Plantsville. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 11 of its 11 district schools with test results score above the middle of Connecticut’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Plantsville in?

Southington School District.

Where do Plantsville kids go to high school?

Southington High School.

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What Plantsville 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.