Summary:
Beacon Falls, Connecticut, is home to two public schools—Woodland Regional High School, serving grades 9–12, and Laurel Ledge School, serving grades K–5—both part of Regional School District 16, which ranks 27th out of 153 districts statewide. The dataset includes no standalone middle school, so students transitioning from Laurel Ledge to Woodland likely attend a school outside the immediate Beacon Falls listing.
Woodland Regional High School is the clear standout, earning a 5-star rating and ranking 9th out of 133 Connecticut high schools for 2025–2026. Its 11th-grade math proficiency (64.7%) is more than double the state average (31.3%), and science proficiency (80.9%) towers 30 points above the state. The school’s graduation rate is 95.9%, exceeding both the district and state. Laurel Ledge School, while not as highly ranked, is a strong elementary school at the 77th percentile (114th out of 491 elementary schools). Its students outperform state averages in every grade and subject, with 5th-grade science proficiency of 77.2% versus 52.2% statewide—and this despite a free/reduced lunch rate of 36.4%, nearly double Woodland’s 20.7%.
Both schools are improving, but Woodland has vaulted from 44th to 9th in the state in just two years, with a remarkable 23-point jump in math proficiency. Laurel Ledge has moved up steadily from 128th to 114th. The main concern is chronic absenteeism: Woodland’s rate of 13.5% is more than double the district’s 6.2% and roughly four times Laurel Ledge’s 3.3%. Still, both schools post well-above-average results, and the district’s overall 4-star rating reflects a coherent system supporting strong outcomes from elementary through high school.
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