Public schools in Enfield, Connecticut

Enfield Public Schools
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Enfield Public Schools provides education for Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.

The Enfield Public Schools Reorganization Initiative is a combined collaboration between the Enfield Town Council, the Board of Education, and the Strategic Planning Committee. The Reorganization Initiative was created in 2010 to restructure the school district in order to improve education for the town of Enfield and make efficient use of its resources. Due to declining enrollment many schools will be reused, closed, and consolidated. By Fall 2011, Enfield Public Schools will be reorganized into a Pre-Kindergarten through second grade elementary schools, third grade through fifth grade intermediate schools, and one sixth grade through eighth grade middle school.

Stowe Elementary and Alcorn Elementary will close, leaving the town with four elementary schools and three intermediate schools for use. Kennedy Middle School will serve the sixth grade through eighth grade population temporarily before planned consolidation of Enfield's two high schools, which is slated for a 2014 consolidation after said construction to one of the two high schools. The remaining high school is planned to be used as the town's sole middle school.

The CREC Public Safety Academy in Enfield is planning to lease the available Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School.

Elementary

The Enfield Elementary School System runs from kindergarten through grade 6.

School Name	Students*	Namesake
Edgar H. Parkman School [1]	460	Edgar H. Parkman
Eli Whitney School [2]	440	Eli Whitney, inventor and manufacturer
Enfield Street School [3]	320	street on which the school is located (Route 5)
Harriet Beecher Stowe School [4]	280	Harriet Beecher Stowe, writer and abolitionist
Hazardville Memorial School [5]	450	Hazardville, the neighborhood in which the school is located, itself named for Augustus G. Hazard, Civil War gunpowder manufacturer whose company was located in town.
Henry Barnard School [6]	450	Henry Barnard, who helped to reform Connecticut's schools
Nathan Hale School [7]	310	Nathan Hale, the famed American Revolutionary War captain
Prudence Crandall School [8]	490	Prudence Crandall, who created the first integrated classroom
Thomas G. Alcorn School** [9]	323	Thomas G. Alcorn, town physician
TOTAL STUDENTS*	3,523

Junior high school

The Enfield School Junior High School System runs from grade 6 through grade 8.

School Name	Students*	Namesake
John F. Kennedy [10]	1,087	Former U.S. President John F. Kennedy

* Approximate enrollment count as of 2005

Until the early 1980s, JFK's crosstown rival was Kosciuscko Junior High, a school named for a hero of the American Revolution.

It closed down as the demographics of the town changed and two distinct junior highs became clearly unnecessary. The facility of Kosciuscko Junior High School is now used as Enfield's Asnuntuck Community College.

High school

The Enfield School Senior High School System runs from grade 9 through grade 12.

School Name	Students*	Namesake
Enfield High School	922	The town itself
Enrico Fermi High School [11]	1,196	Italian physicist Enrico Fermi

* Approximate enrollment counts as of 2005

Parochial schools

School Name	Address	Grade(s)
Saint Bernard School [12]	232 Pearl Street	Kindergarten through Grade 8
Saint Martha School [13]	214 Brainard Road	Kindergarten through Grade 8
Enfield Montessori School [14]	1370 Enfield Street	Kindergarten through Grade 6
Little Angels Catholic Pre-School* [15]	90 Alden Avenue	Pre-Kindergarten

* The building formerly housed Saint Adalbert School (K-8th grade), which was closed in June 2006. Starting in September 2006, the building reopened as a combined Catholic schools Pre-Kindergarten program for 3 and 4-year-olds, as well as a day care.

References

External links

• Official site