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Alumni: what's one memory from Second Hill Lane School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
610
Elementary
DISTRICT 361 · STATE 378
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STRATFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 090444000895
Second Hill Lane School
65 Second Hill Lane, Stratford, CT 06614 · (203) 385-4292 · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Connecticut public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Connecticut public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
302 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 44%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 97 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (97).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CT Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
34.1%
CT avg 50.5%
Math
30.9%
CT avg 45.9%
What this means: On the CT Smarter Balanced, Connecticut's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Connecticut schools, those numbers are about 51 and 46.
Source: CT Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like Second Hill Lane School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Hill Lane School this school | 610 | 49.5% | N/A |
| Newfield School Stamford | 575 | 51.3% | N/A |
| Springdale School Stamford | 565 | 56.3% | N/A |
| Stillmeadow School Stamford | 587 | 54.0% | N/A |
| Discovery Academy Wethersfield | 522 | 54.2% | N/A |
| Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School Waterbury | 590 | 62.5% | N/A |
Matched among Connecticut elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Second Hill Lane School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Connecticut | In Greater Bridgeport Planning Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #381 of 522 | #30 of 58 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #374 of 519 | #32 of 58 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #36 of 613 | #7 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #440 of 558 | #32 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #154 of 560 | #11 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #275 of 594 | #35 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #170 of 176 | #18 of 18 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
610
+165 (+37%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 383
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 10.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 610 | 43.4 | 14.1:1 | 50% (302) |
| 2023-24 | 597 | 48.3 | 12.4:1 | 46% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 594 | 47.2 | 12.6:1 | 46% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 445 | 41 | 10.8:1 | 42% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 50 | 12.1:1 | 53% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 46 | 13.4:1 | 59% (365) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 48 | 14.5:1 | 41% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 566 | 35 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 383 | 19 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Second Hill Lane School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (607 to 610); teachers down 13% (50 to 43.4).
About Second Hill Lane School
At 65 Second Hill Lane in Stratford, Connecticut, Second Hill Lane School operates as a large elementary school. School enrollment was 610 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in Connecticut average about 378 students.
Stratford School District is the district for Second Hill Lane School. It has 13 schools and 6,388 students.
Roughly 55% of students at Second Hill Lane School are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% White, 16% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 27%. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 43.4 full-time equivalents, or about 14.1 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Connecticut have 12.6:1, compared with 14.1:1 here. About 50% of students, or 302, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against Connecticut public elementary schools, Second Hill Lane School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region census figures show that the median household income is $89,667, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Greater Bridgeport Planning Region is home to 91 public schools and about 50,880 public school students.
The nearest other public school, David Wooster Middle School, is about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
NCES assigns Second Hill Lane School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 37% from its 2020-21 level of 445. The ratio of students to teachers went from 10.8:1 to 14.1:1 over the same years.
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Greater Bridgeport Planning Region at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
329,259
Census ACS
Median income
$89,667
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
91
50,880 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stratford School District
- Stratford High SchoolHigh · 1,150 students
- Bunnell High SchoolHigh · 982 students
- David Wooster Middle SchoolMiddle · 538 students
- Johnson House Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
- Harry B. Flood Middle SchoolMiddle · 466 students
- Eli Whitney SchoolElementary · 462 students
Other schools in Stratford
- Stratford High SchoolHigh · 1,150 students
- Bunnell High SchoolHigh · 982 students
- David Wooster Middle SchoolMiddle · 538 students
- Johnson House Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
- Harry B. Flood Middle SchoolMiddle · 466 students
- Eli Whitney SchoolElementary · 462 students
Nearby schools
- David Wooster Middle School0.6 mi · 538
- Bunnell High School0.7 mi · 982
- Eli Whitney School0.9 mi · 462
- Thomas Hooker School1.0 mi · 288
- Multicultural Magnet School1.1 mi · 436
- Six-Six Magnet School1.1 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About Second Hill Lane SchoolHow many students attend Second Hill Lane School?
Second Hill Lane School enrolls approximately 610 students in grades KG-06.
Is Second Hill Lane School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Second Hill Lane School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Second Hill Lane School have?
Second Hill Lane School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
How diverse is Second Hill Lane School?
Second Hill Lane School reports a student body of 22% White, 55% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Second Hill Lane School?
Second Hill Lane School is overseen by Stratford School District in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.