Public schools in Enfield, Connecticut
| Enfield Public Schools | |
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United We Learn | |
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27 Shaker Road Enfield, Connecticut United States | |
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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 |
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| Edgar H. Parkman School | 460 | Edgar H. Parkman |
| Eli Whitney School | 440 | Eli Whitney, inventor and manufacturer |
| Enfield Street School | 320 | street on which the school is located (Route 5) |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe School | 280 | Harriet Beecher Stowe, writer and abolitionist |
| Hazardville Memorial School | 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 | 450 | Henry Barnard, who helped to reform Connecticut's schools |
| Nathan Hale School | 310 | Nathan Hale, the famed American Revolutionary War captain |
| Prudence Crandall School | 490 | Prudence Crandall, who created the first integrated classroom |
| Thomas G. Alcorn School** | 323 | Thomas G. Alcorn, town physician |
| TOTAL STUDENTS* | 3,523 |
Junior high school
The Enfield School Junior High School System runs from grade 7 through grade 8.
| School Name | Students* | Namesake |
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| John F. Kennedy | 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 |
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| Enfield High School | 922 | The town itself |
| Enrico Fermi High School | 1,196 | Italian physicist Enrico Fermi |
* Approximate enrollment counts as of 2005
Parochial schools
* 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.