Summary:
The Westport School District in Connecticut serves five K-5 elementary schools enrolling a combined 2,338 students, and the district ranks 10th out of 153 Connecticut districts — the 93rd percentile with a 5-star rating. All five schools rank in the 84th to 95th percentile statewide, making this one of Connecticut's elite districts, though the gap between the top and bottom schools is meaningful. Saugatuck Elementary School is the district's top-ranked school at 24th in the state, followed closely by Green's Farms School at 29th and Long Lots School at 35th. King's Highway Elementary School ranks 52nd, while Coleytown Elementary School is the lowest-ranked at 77th.
Saugatuck has improved its state ranking three years in a row, from 39th to 24th, and boasts the district's strongest 4th-grade test scores (87.1% in ELA and 88.2% in math), the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 1.52%, and the lowest student-teacher ratio at 10.6. Long Lots has the district's best attendance, with just 1.1% chronic absenteeism compared to the 6.6% district rate, and posts the best 5th-grade ELA score (83.5%) and 3rd-grade math score (85.9%). Green's Farms is a consistently strong performer that spends the most per student at $26,633 — roughly 28% more than Long Lots — and has the highest 5th-grade science score in the district at 77.8%.
The bigger concerns are King's Highway and Coleytown. King's Highway has fallen from 13th to 52nd in state ranking over two years, including a 13.3-point drop in 3rd-grade ELA to 64.1% — the lowest score among the five schools. Coleytown has dropped from 21st to 77th and now has the district's weakest math scores and highest chronic absenteeism at 6.3%. Even so, the lowest Westport scores remain well above state averages, and spending does not cleanly predict outcomes — Saugatuck ranks highest while spending below the district average. Tracking the two declining schools and learning from Saugatuck and Long Lots would be the most valuable next step for the district.
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