Bloomfield

Submitted by Crza1988 t3_z2xjw4 in Connecticut

Hey all, I’ve lived in CT my whole life (Hamden, Middletown, Hartford, and now Newington). My wife and I want to move from our current home to a larger house for eventual kids, in-laws staying over, etc. And obviously the housing market is tough right now. Our top choices like Glastonbury and West Hartford are so expensive for so little property. I keep coming across absolutely stunning homes in Bloomfield that are actually affordable and check all of our boxes for “must haves.” I know the schools have a very bad reputation but I’ve also heard that reputation may be overblown (potentially due to racism and the sordid history of why it’s a black majority town).

Does anyone live in Bloomfield and have any thought? Anyone with kids in the school system there?

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timmahfast t1_ixivu4h wrote

I can't speak for the schools. But everything else is great. It's very underrated as a town.

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so2017 t1_ixju6z2 wrote

In 2019 62% of West Hartford students were at grade level in math and 70% were at grade level in English. In Bloomfield those numbers were 31% and 41% respectively.

You can review the data from various districts, including 5 year trends, here. This data is all pre-pandemic. I’m sure there is Covid data out there but I would not expect that the pandemic would foster greater equality between the school systems.

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severance26 t1_ixjvp7z wrote

Eesh yeah those are bad numbers for Bloomfield.

I moved from Lewiston, Maine where the numbers were similarly poor. Now I live in Avon. Its like night and day.

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JR32OFFICIAL t1_ixiuy3u wrote

Reputation is definitely overblown, pretty quiet town. Could always send kids to West Hartford for school.

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Crza1988 OP t1_ixj2wv2 wrote

We love Newington and would prefer to stay here but inventory is super low right now.

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