Summary:
The North Stonington School District, located in southeastern Connecticut, serves its elementary students through a single school: North Stonington Elementary School. This school serves grades PK through 6 and has an enrollment of 379 students. The district ranks 30th out of 153 districts in Connecticut (80th percentile) and holds a 4-star rating. The school itself ranks 89th out of 491 Connecticut elementary schools in the 2025-2026 school year, placing it in the top 20% statewide. The student body is relatively low-poverty, with only 19% of students qualifying for free/reduced-price lunch.
Academically, North Stonington Elementary School outperforms the state average in all 16 grade-level and subject comparisons. Mathematics is a particular strength in the early grades: 3rd grade math proficiency was 86.7% and 4th grade math was 86.8%, both more than 34 points above the state average. ELA is also strong, with 6th grade ELA jumping 11.6 points to 71.2% in the latest year. The one area of concern is 5th grade math, which dropped sharply from 71.7% to 54.5%, making it the only subject-grade combination below 60% and shrinking the school's usual large advantage over the state to just 8.7 points.
The school benefits from a favorable 10.4:1 student-teacher ratio and low chronic absenteeism of 9.9%, well below the state's 16.4%. Per-student spending is substantial at $16,951. The school has held a consistent 4-star rating over the past three years, with its statewide rank fluctuating from 62nd (88th percentile) in 2023-2024 to 97th (80th percentile) in 2024-2025 and 89th (82nd percentile) in 2025-2026. While not quite at its recent peak, North Stonington Elementary School remains one of Connecticut's stronger elementary schools, with the 5th grade math decline being the main issue to watch.
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