East Hampton School District

The East Hampton School District serves about 1,661 students across four schools in Connecticut—Memorial School (PK–3), Center School (4–5), East Hampton Middle School (6–8), and East Hampton High School (9–12)—and consistently outperforms state averages in most subjects. The standouts are the high school and middle school, both earning 4 stars, while Center School earned 3–4 stars in recent years. East Hampton High School ranks 30th of 141 high schools (79th percentile) with a 95.1% graduation rate and exceptional ELA and science proficiency. East Hampton Middle School ranks 77th of 258 (70th percentile) with strong ELA scores across all grades, plus a notable 14.9-point jump in 7th-grade math proficiency.

Attendance is a clear strength: all four schools have chronic absenteeism below the state average of 16.4%, led by Center School at just 4.4% and Memorial School at 5.8%, but the rate rises to 13.8% at the high school. Test proficiency is consistently above state averages, with the largest gaps in 5th-grade math (+21.7 points), high school science (+27.9 points), and high school SAT ELA (+23.2 points). However, high school SAT math proficiency is only 35.0%, just 3.9 points above the state rate and far below the school’s own ELA performance. Spending per student ranges from $15,636 at Center School to $18,090 at the high school, but higher spending does not clearly translate into better math outcomes.

One notable pattern is a visible drop in proficiency when students transition from Center School to East Hampton Middle School: 5th-grade math falls from 67.5% to 51.7% in 6th grade, and ELA falls from 73.3% to 61.0%. The district’s overall 3-star ranking hides these individual school strengths, and its largest enrollment is concentrated in the early elementary years at Memorial School. For parents, this is a solidly above-average district with strong elementary and high school outcomes, but the clear areas for attention are high school math and the middle-school transition.