Best Elementary Schools in Suffield, CT

The city of Suffield, Connecticut is home to two highly-ranked elementary schools that serve students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade: A. Ward Spaulding School and McAlister Intermediate School. Both schools are part of the Suffield School District, which is ranked 43 out of 156 districts in Connecticut and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

A. Ward Spaulding School serves grades PK-2 with an enrollment of 461 students and maintains a favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.9 to 1. The school has a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% and a free/reduced lunch rate of 16.27%. McAlister Intermediate School, which serves grades 3-5 with an enrollment of 446 students, also demonstrates strong academic performance, with students scoring well above the state average in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science on the SBAC and NGSS assessments.

Both schools invest heavily in their students, with A. Ward Spaulding School spending $16,415 per student and McAlister Intermediate School spending $15,741 per student, both of which are higher than the state average. The schools also maintain favorable student-teacher ratios, with A. Ward Spaulding School at 12.9 to 1 and McAlister Intermediate School at 13.3 to 1.