Best Middle Schools in Connecticut

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2019 vs 2018)
ID	Rank (of 252)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Rank (2018)	Rank Change from 2018	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)
090267001445	1	House of Arts Letters and Science (HALS) Academy	Public	6-8	30 Pendleton Rd.	New Britain	06053	Hartford County	New Britain School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(860) 826-1866	148	8	17.8	67.6%	61 (41.2%)	15 (10.1%)	58 (39.2%)	9 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.4%)	$13,315			$510			$12,805	97.3	96.9	1		R5
090270000532	2	Saxe Middle School	Public	5-8	468 South Ave.	New Canaan	06840	Fairfield County	New Canaan School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(203) 594-4564	1,334	111	11.9		1,102 (82.6%)	8 (0.6%)	72 (5.4%)	105 (7.9%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (3.1%)	$21,670			$245			$21,425	96.3	95.7	2		R5
090105000169	3	Middlesex Middle School	Public	6-8	204 Hollow Tree Ridge Rd.	Darien	06820	Fairfield County	Darien School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(203) 655-2518	1,101	104	10.5	2.6%	947 (86.0%)	8 (0.7%)	61 (5.5%)	57 (5.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (2.5%)	$21,860			$165			$21,694	94.9	94.4	4	1	R5
090171000298	4	Eastern Middle School	Public	6-8	51 Hendrie Ave.	Riverside	06878	Fairfield County	Greenwich School District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(203) 637-1744	845	72	11.8	6.3%	613 (72.5%)	11 (1.3%)	103 (12.2%)	86 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.8%)	$19,444			$01			$19,442	94.7	95.1	3	1	R5
090504001048	5	Bedford Middle School	Public	6-8	88 North Ave.	Westport	06880	Fairfield County	Westport School District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(203) 341-1510	858	77	11.1	2.9%	682 (79.5%)	13 (1.5%)	48 (5.6%)	58 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (6.6%)	$21,915			$219			$21,695	94	92.6	9	4	R5
090204000389	6	Kent Center School	Public	PK, KG-8	9 Judd Street	Kent	06757	Litchfield County	Kent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(860) 927-3537	213	24	9	28.2%	177 (83.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (8.9%)	7 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.7%)	$27,666			$662			$27,004	93.8	86.9	24	18	R5
090462000930	7	Hillcrest Middle School	Public	6-8	530 Daniels Farm Rd.	Trumbull	06611	Fairfield County	Trumbull School District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(203) 452-4466	725	57	12.6	15.9%	532 (73.4%)	32 (4.4%)	78 (10.8%)	67 (9.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	13 (1.8%)	$16,462			$266			$16,196	93.6	94.3	5	2	R5
090366000769	8	Amity Middle School: Orange	Public	7-8	100 Ohman Ave.	Orange	06477	New Haven County	Regional School District 05	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(203) 392-3200	356	31	11.4	9.8%	286 (80.3%)	8 (2.2%)	2 (0.6%)	49 (13.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	$19,344			$192			$19,152	93.3	92.5	10	2	R5
090366001114	9	Amity Middle School: Bethany	Public	7-8	190 Luke Hill Rd.	Bethany	06524	New Haven County	Regional School District 05	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(203) 393-3102	315	34	9.2	12.4%	234 (74.3%)	10 (3.2%)	2 (0.6%)	54 (17.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.8%)	$21,279			$159			$21,119	92.9	92.8	7	2	R5
090180000331	10	E. C. Adams Middle School	Public	7-8	233 Church St.	Guilford	06437	New Haven County	Guilford School District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(203) 453-2755	579	50	11.4	11.7%	473 (81.7%)	5 (0.9%)	47 (8.1%)	27 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	24 (4.1%)	$17,938			$258			$17,680	92.8	92.6	8	2	R5

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