Regional School District 20

Regional School District 20, serving the Connecticut towns of Litchfield, Goshen, Morris, and Warren, is a 7-school district with 5 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school, enrolling 1,606 students and earning a 3-star rating that ranks it 62nd out of 153 districts in Connecticut. For parents, the district offers a generally strong academic experience in the elementary and middle grades, headlined by two standout schools: Goshen Center School and Plumb Hill Middle School. Goshen earns 4 stars (81st percentile) with 100% of its 3rd graders proficient in math versus the state's 52.2%, and Plumb Hill also earns 4 stars (79th percentile) with just 1.8% chronic absenteeism and strong science and math scores, including 71.4% proficiency in 8th grade science.

At the high school level, Lakeview High School presents a mixed picture: it graduates 97.1% of students and posts strong SAT ELA results (73.2% proficient vs. the state's 55.3%), yet its chronic absenteeism rate is the district's highest at 24.0%, and its 11th grade science proficiency (40.5%) falls below the state average. Litchfield Intermediate School is an ELA powerhouse with 76.4% proficiency in 4th grade reading, while Litchfield Center School and James Morris School round out the district. Warren School, the smallest school with only 54 students, has an exceptionally low 6.3:1 student-teacher ratio but no published test scores, so its academic outcomes cannot be measured.

One of the district's most striking patterns is the collapse in science and math from middle to high school: Plumb Hill's 8th graders score 71.4% in science and 67% in math, but Lakeview's 11th graders fall to 40.5% in science and 35.6% in SAT math. Chronic absenteeism is also highly uneven, with a 13x difference separating Plumb Hill's 1.8% from Lakeview's 24.0%, yet the district still graduates students at an above-average clip. Several schools also saw notable year-over-year proficiency declines, and small cohorts create data gaps at James Morris and Warren. Overall, Regional School District 20 is above average, but high school challenges cap its potential.