Summary:
Middle schools in the city of Wethersfield, Connecticut, consist of a single school, Silas Deane Middle School, which serves grades 7 and 8 with 546 students in this suburban community. As the only middle school in the Wethersfield School District, it carries the district's entire 7–8 testing accountability, and its scores nearly mirror the district's own numbers. The school holds a 3-star SchoolDigger rating and ranked 97th out of 258 Connecticut middle schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 62nd percentile statewide.
Silas Deane Middle School outperforms the state in 9 of 10 subject-grade comparisons across the last two years. In 2025–2026, 7th grade ELA reached 61.0% proficiency versus 52.2% statewide, 7th grade math hit 50.6% versus 44.1% statewide, and 8th grade science came in at 56.9% versus 50.9% statewide. The one exception is 8th grade math, where proficiency fell to 39.9% — below the state average of 41.9% and a 10.7-point drop from the school's own 7th grade math performance. The student-teacher ratio is a favorable 12.1:1, per-student spending is $17,258, and 28.39% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Year-over-year trends are mixed: 7th grade ELA and math improved by more than five points each, while 8th grade scores declined in ELA, math, and science. Chronic absenteeism at the school is 11.2%, below the state's 16.4% but well above the district's 6.5%, and worth monitoring given the connection between attendance and achievement. Silas Deane has held a 3-star rating for three consecutive years, though its statewide percentile slipped modestly from 66th to 62nd. Parents will find a solid mid-tier school with clear strengths in literacy and science, an area of concern in 8th grade math, and resource levels that appear supportive of student success.
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