Summary:
Plymouth School District contains just one middle school, Eli Terry Junior Middle School, a grades 6-8 school in Terryville, CT, serving 290 students. Because this is the district's only middle school, the school's performance essentially defines the district's middle-level profile, and it presents a mixed picture: the district itself ranks in the 14th percentile statewide with a 1-star rating, yet Eli Terry ranks in the 41st percentile among Connecticut middle schools with a 2-star rating, meaning it sits closer to the middle of the pack than the district rating might suggest.
Academically, Eli Terry's proficiency rates trail state averages across most subjects and grades. The 6th grade shows the biggest concern: only 30.9% of 6th graders are proficient in ELA (vs. 51.2% statewide) and just 22.7% are proficient in math (vs. 44.4% statewide). Performance improves considerably by 7th grade, where ELA proficiency reaches 47.7% (within 4.5 points of the state) and math reaches 40.4% (within 3.7 points). The most alarming trend, however, is the year-over-year drop in 8th-grade performance: math proficiency fell from 43% to 28.2%, and science proficiency fell from 62% to 48.2%, with 8th-grade science now close to the state average but 8th-grade math well below it.
The school has also slid in rankings over three years, from the 54th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 41st percentile in 2025-2026, and its star rating dropped from 3 stars to 2. About 52% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, indicating economic challenges that often accompany lower test scores. On a positive note, chronic absenteeism is essentially at the state average (16.6% vs. 16.4%), the student-teacher ratio is a favorable 10:1, and per-pupil spending is a solid $15,075. For parents, the clearest opportunities for improvement are 6th-grade readiness and stabilizing 8th-grade math and science performance.
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