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What's the one class at Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
549
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 378
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 090423000829
Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School
240 Main St., Southington, CT 06489 · (860) 628-3286 · Capitol Planning Region
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Connecticut public elementary schools
- BTest 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
11.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
174 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
61.3%
CT avg 50.5%
Math
60.3%
CT avg 45.9%
What this means: On the CT Smarter Balanced, Connecticut's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School this school | 549 | 31.7% | N/A |
| Gallup Hill School Ledyard | 592 | 30.7% | N/A |
| Emma Hart Willard School Berlin | 434 | 30.9% | N/A |
| Woodside Intermediate School Cromwell | 440 | 29.5% | N/A |
| Colchester Elementary School Colchester | 552 | 27.2% | N/A |
| Edna C. Stevens School Cromwell | 413 | 32.2% | 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 Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Connecticut | In Capitol Planning Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #209 of 522 | #58 of 141 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #195 of 519 | #59 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #64 of 613 | #16 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #226 of 558 | #62 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.1% | #381 of 560 | #116 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.7% | #377 of 594 | #101 of 163 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #374 of 378 | #97 of 101 |
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
549
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 687
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 549 | 46 | 11.9:1 | 32% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 42 | 14.1:1 | 29% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 545 | 41 | 13.3:1 | 26% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 25% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 552 | 41.5 | 13.3:1 | 22% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 22% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | 43 | 15.9:1 | 15% (104) |
| 2000-01 | 706 | 49 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 687 | 41 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (552 to 549); teachers up 11% (41.5 to 46).
About Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in Southington, Connecticut, Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School is part of Southington School District. Enrolled students number 549 students, in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Connecticut average about 378 students each.
Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School falls under Southington School District, which has 13 schools enrolling 6,000 students.
White students are the majority at Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School, with 73% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Capitol Planning Region, the White share is about 64%. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 46 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Connecticut average 12.6:1. Eligible students account for 32% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That is 11 points below the 43% average for public schools in Capitol Planning Region.
Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 61% of Connecticut public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Census Bureau estimates for Capitol Planning Region show that the median household income is $93,394, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. There are 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region, enrolling about 137,047 students in all.
Zaya A. Oshana Elementary School is the public school closest to Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 549, a 4% increase from 526 in 2020-21.
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Capitol Planning Region at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
977,290
Census ACS
Median income
$93,394
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
286
137,047 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southington School District
- Southington High SchoolHigh · 1,905 students
- Joseph A. Depaolo Middle SchoolMiddle · 671 students
- John F. Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 659 students
- R. E. Thalberg Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- William H. Hatton Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- Urbin T. Kelley SchoolElementary · 301 students
Other schools in Southington
- Southington High SchoolHigh · 1,905 students
- Joseph A. Depaolo Middle SchoolMiddle · 671 students
- R. E. Thalberg Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- William H. Hatton Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- Urbin T. Kelley SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Flanders Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Zaya A. Oshana Elementary School1.0 mi · 235
- Urbin T. Kelley School1.2 mi · 301
- Wrinn Integrated Preschool - HES1.2 mi · 59
- William H. Hatton Elementary School1.2 mi · 320
- Joseph A. Depaolo Middle School1.4 mi · 671
- John F. Kennedy Middle School1.5 mi · 659
Frequently asked questions
About Walter A. Derynoski Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School?
Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School enrolls approximately 549 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School serve?
Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School?
At Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School public or private?
Walter A. Derynoski Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Southington School District.
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