Best Middle Schools in Connecticut for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Connecticut Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 109)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
090075000125	1	Dodd Middle School	Public	7-8	100 Park Place	Cheshire	06410	New Haven County	Cheshire School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 272-3249	614	53	11.5	15.5%	464 (75.6%)	19 (3.1%)	48 (7.8%)	70 (11.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.0%)	$17,130							99.1%	89.6%	9.52%
090462000930	2	Hillcrest Middle School	Public	6-8	530 Daniels Farm Rd.	Trumbull	06611	Fairfield County	Trumbull School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 452-4466	743	59	12.5	18.6%	481 (64.7%)	51 (6.9%)	117 (15.7%)	74 (10.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.3%)	$16,506							98.2%	90.8%	7.40%
090353800756	3	Long River Middle School	Public	6-8	38 Columbia Ave.	Prospect	06712	New Haven County	Regional School District 16	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 758-4421	465	43	10.8	20.4%	395 (84.9%)	16 (3.4%)	39 (8.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.6%)	$18,566							97.2%	71.5%	25.76%
090462000933	4	Madison Middle School	Public	6-8	4630 Madison Ave.	Trumbull	06611	Fairfield County	Trumbull School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 452-4499	793	65	12.2	17.9%	502 (63.3%)	46 (5.8%)	146 (18.4%)	85 (10.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (1.4%)	$17,151							96.3%	90.0%	6.37%
090255000920	5	Jockey Hollow School	Public	6-8	365 Fan Hill Rd.	Monroe	06468	Fairfield County	Monroe School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 452-2905	780	54	14.4	13.7%	555 (71.2%)	31 (4.0%)	109 (14.0%)	51 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (4.2%)	$16,942							95.4%	86.3%	9.07%
090156000274	6	Irving A. Robbins Middle School	Public	7-8	20 Wolf Pit Rd.	Farmington	06032	Hartford County	Farmington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 677-2683	654	49	13.3	16.7%	361 (55.2%)	37 (5.7%)	63 (9.6%)	168 (25.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.7%)	$18,858							94.5%	93.2%	1.32%
090411000811	7	Henry James Memorial School	Public	7-8	155 Firetown Rd.	Simsbury	06070	Hartford County	Simsbury School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 651-3341	636	56	11.3	14.6%	468 (73.6%)	34 (5.3%)	66 (10.4%)	38 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.7%)	$19,779							93.6%	91.6%	2.01%
090252000468	8	Harborside Middle School	Public	6-8	175 High St.	Milford	06460	New Haven County	Milford School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 783-3523	410	48	8.4	20.7%	291 (71.0%)	14 (3.4%)	42 (10.2%)	52 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.4%)	$21,863							92.7%	84.7%	7.92%
090162000282	9	Smith Middle School	Public	6-8	216 Addison Rd.	Glastonbury	06033	Hartford County	Glastonbury School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 652-7040	865	62	13.8	11.0%	579 (66.9%)	28 (3.2%)	91 (10.5%)	117 (13.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (5.7%)	$18,748							91.7%	88.4%	3.39%
090291000616	10	Newtown Middle School	Public	7-8	11 Queen St.	Newtown	06470	Fairfield County	Newtown School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 426-7638	582	52	11.1	12.4%	479 (82.3%)	14 (2.4%)	52 (8.9%)	18 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (2.9%)	$20,302							90.8%	81.9%	8.90%

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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.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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Virtual Schools: The Future of Online Education

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.