Connecticut Middle School Rankings

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the NGSS and SBAC test scores by the Connecticut Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, August 29, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 249)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
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	No	Yes	(860) 826-1866	146	8	17.3	48.6%	51 (34.9%)	18 (12.3%)	65 (44.5%)	4 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.5%)	$13,925							97.1	96.6	1
090171000298	2	Eastern Middle School	Public	6-8	51 Hendrie Ave.	Riverside	06878	Fairfield County	Greenwich School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 637-1744	818	70	11.7	5.5%	524 (64.1%)	7 (0.9%)	129 (15.8%)	103 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (6.7%)	$22,188							95.9	95.4	4	2
090513001073	3	Middlebrook School	Public	6-8	131 School Rd.	Wilton	06897	Fairfield County	Wilton School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 762-8388	895	82	10.9	5.0%	663 (74.1%)	5 (0.6%)	61 (6.8%)	104 (11.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	60 (6.7%)	$21,875							95.7	95.7	2	1
090270000532	4	Saxe Middle School	Public	5-8	468 South Ave.	New Canaan	06840	Fairfield County	New Canaan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 594-4564	1,327	111	11.9	0.2%	1,078 (81.2%)	23 (1.7%)	70 (5.3%)	98 (7.4%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	53 (4.0%)	$22,066							95.4	95.5	3	1
090105000169	5	Middlesex Middle School	Public	6-8	204 Hollow Tree Ridge Rd.	Darien	06820	Fairfield County	Darien School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 655-2518	1,097	107	10.2	1.5%	925 (84.3%)	8 (0.7%)	67 (6.1%)	56 (5.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (3.6%)	$21,364							94.1	94.5	5
090141000233	6	Helen Keller Middle School	Public	6-8	360 Sport Hill Rd.	Easton	06612	Fairfield County	Easton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 268-8651	316	29	10.7	13.0%	251 (79.4%)	5 (1.6%)	26 (8.2%)	23 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.5%)	$20,919							93.8	90.1	17	11
090192001582	7	Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy	Public	4-8	85 Woodland Street	Hartford	06105	Hartford County	Hartford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 695-2140	116	9	12.8	71.6%	22 (19.0%)	41 (35.3%)	43 (37.1%)	5 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.3%)	$16,892							93.4	91.4	12	5
090504001048	8	Bedford Middle School	Public	6-8	88 North Ave.	Westport	06880	Fairfield County	Westport School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 341-1510	758	76	9.9	3.6%	586 (77.3%)	18 (2.4%)	60 (7.9%)	44 (5.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (6.5%)	$16,090							93.4	91.9	9	1
090228001480	9	Walter C. Polson Middle School	Public	6-8	302 Green Hill Rd.	Madison	06443	New Haven County	Madison School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 245-6480	537	59	9.1	4.3%	459 (85.5%)	2 (0.4%)	36 (6.7%)	19 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.9%)	$24,339							92.8	87.6	28	19
090504001052	10	Coleytown Middle School	Public	6-8	255 North Ave.	Westport	06880	Fairfield County	Westport School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 341-1610	431	47	9.2		322 (74.7%)	8 (1.9%)	30 (7.0%)	33 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.8%)								92.4			(n/a)

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SBAC English Language Arts, SBAC Mathematics, NGSS Science test scores released by the Connecticut Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2023, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Connecticut Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Connecticut Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.