First Early
Name: West
Division. The town was part of the City of
Population: 2000 Census -61,046 2004 – 64,225
Area: 22.2 square miles; 14,080 acres. There are 205 miles of accepted streets and 245 miles of sidewalks in town.
Highest
Point: 778
feet above sea level on Talcott (
Town Hall
Address:
Post
Offices:
Zip Codes: 06105,06107, 06110, 06117 and 06119
Schools: Public - 11 elementary, 3 middle, 2 high schools. Private and parochial - 10, including elementary through high schools. Colleges and Universities University of Hartford, Bloomfield Avenue; St. Joseph College, Asylum Avenue; University of Connecticut Greater Hartford Campus and School of Social Work, Asylum Avenue.
Places of Worship: 7 Catholic, 9 Jewish, 16 Protestant
Libraries: Noah Webster Library (Main Library), 20 South Main Street; Julia Faxon Branch, 1073 New Britain Avenue; Bishop's Corner Branch, 15 Starkel Road.
Public
Recreation Areas: Two municipal golf courses - Rockledge, 18 holes and Buena Vista,
nine holes; Veterans Memorial Skating Rink; indoor pools at Cornerstone
Aquatics Center, and four outdoor pools at Fernridge,
Beachland, Eisenhower and Kennedy parks; six public
parks, the four mentioned and Wolcott Park and Westmoor
Park. Two senior centers,
The Police
Department is located in the Police-Court facility at
District 18:
Andrew M. Fleischmann, (D),
District 19:
Beth Bye, (D),
District 20:
David McCluskey, (D),
STATE
SENATOR -
District 5,
CONGRESSIONAL
REPRESENTATIVE for West Hartford: John Larson, (D), Town of
Scott Slifka (D), Mayor,
Charles T. Coursey, (D),Deputy Mayor,
Tim Brennan (D),
Joseph Verrengia (D),
Shari Cantor, (D),
Carolyn
Thornberry (D),
Leon Davidoff (R), Minority Leader,
Steven Adler (R),
Joseph Visconti (R),
Town Council Webpage – click here
Town Council Meetings and Agendas – click here
Essie S. Labrot, (D), 50 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107, Tel: 561-7447
Terry Schmitt, (D), Chairperson,
John M. Darcey,
(D), Vice Chairperson,
Bruce Putterman,
(D),
Harry J. Captain, (D),
Clare Kindall, (D),
Lib Brassil Spinella, (R), 43
Castlewood Road15,
Diane Mudge,
(R),
To email all members of the board click here
Board of Education Webpage – click here
Superintendent
of Schools - David P. Sklarz,
Ph.D.
Phone: (860) 561 – 6651
Director
of Library Services - Pat Holloway
Phone: 860-561-6972
Town
Assessor - Joanne F. Ferraresso
Assessment Office (Click here
for their web page)
50 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107
(860) 561-7414, Fax: 561-7590
Median Household Income 2007 - $70,770 State Average - $61,879
Median Sales Price of
House $145,000 – 1998 $255,990 – 2005 $300,000 - 2007
9,940 Students K-12 total in 2007
$103,502,000 - Education
Budget
Cost Per Pupil (2007 Ed. Budget divided by # of students) - $10,412
CMT-CT Mastery Test Reading Grade 4 - % At or Above State Goal 2005 - 74% 2007 – 68%
CMT-CT Mastery Test Math Grade 4 - % At or Above State Goal 2005 - 81% 2007 - 75%
CMT-CT Mastery Test Writing Grade 4 - % At or Above State Goal 2005 - 75% 2007 -
77%
CMT-CT Mastery Test Reading Grade 6 - % At or Above State Goal 2005 - 75% 2007 – 73%
CMT-CT Mastery Test Math Grade 6 - % At or Above State Goal 2005 -
68% 2007 – 75%
CMT-CT Mastery Test Writing Grade 6 - % At or Above State Goal 2005 - 72% 2007 – 75%
CMT-CT Mastery Test Reading Grade 8 - % At or Above State Goal 2005 - 75% 2007 – 78%
CMT-CT Mastery Test Math Grade 8 - % At or Above State Goal 2005 -
68% 2007 – 69%
CMT-CT Mastery Test Writing Grade 8 - % At or Above State Goal 2005 - 72% 2007 – 75%
Combined Math And Verbal Average
SAT Scores
2005 – 1099 (Verbal – 544 Math – 555)
2007 – 1081 (Verbal – 539 Math – 542)
Current No Child Left behind School Report – click here.