Connecticut Elementary School Rankings

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 491)	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)
090270000533	1	South School	Public	K-4	8 Farm Rd.	New Canaan	06840	Fairfield County	New Canaan School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 594-4313	522	43	12	0.6%	407 (78.0%)	5 (1.0%)	31 (5.9%)	40 (7.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.1%)	$22,061							96.5	95	5	4
090171000308	2	Riverside School	Public	K-5	90 Hendrie Ave.	Riverside	06878	Fairfield County	Greenwich School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 637-1440	457	32	14.1	1.8%	330 (72.2%)	3 (0.7%)	72 (15.8%)	29 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.0%)	$21,975							96.4	95.7	2
090381000525	3	Branchville Elementary School	Public	K-5	40 Florida Rd.	Ridgefield	06877	Fairfield County	Ridgefield School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 894-5850	353	25	14.4	7.4%	295 (83.6%)	2 (0.6%)	27 (7.6%)	14 (4.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.0%)	$20,383							94.7	90.9	30	27
090270000534	4	West School	Public	PK, KG-4	769 Ponus Ridge	New Canaan	06840	Fairfield County	New Canaan School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 594-4410	457	37	12.2	0.7%	370 (81.0%)	3 (0.7%)	26 (5.7%)	28 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.3%)	$23,434							94.6	96.4	1	3
090462000929	5	Daniels Farm School	Public	K-5	710 Daniels Farm Rd.	Trumbull	06611	Fairfield County	Trumbull School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 452-4388	521	36	14.4	11.1%	362 (69.5%)	20 (3.8%)	63 (12.1%)	62 (11.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.7%)	$16,114							94.2	94.9	6	1
090171000304	6	North Mianus School	Public	K-5	309 Palmer Hill Rd.	Riverside	06878	Fairfield County	Greenwich School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 637-9730	498	39	12.8	1.8%	319 (64.1%)	2 (0.4%)	64 (12.9%)	79 (15.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (6.4%)	$21,920							94.2	92.8	16	10
090504001055	7	King's Highway Elementary School	Public	K-5	125 Post Rd. West	Westport	06880	Fairfield County	Westport School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 341-1802	446	39	11.4	2.5%	321 (72.0%)	14 (3.1%)	43 (9.6%)	29 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.7%)	$24,095							94.1	91.6	23	16
090105000498	8	Holmes Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	18 Hoyt St.	Darien	06820	Fairfield County	Darien School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 353-4371	451	35	13	0.7%	361 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.8%)	36 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.2%)	$19,227							94	92	22	14
090153000269	9	Sherman School	Public	K-5	250 Fern St.	Fairfield	06824	Fairfield County	Fairfield School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 255-8330	402	32	12.4	6.5%	352 (87.6%)	4 (1.0%)	18 (4.5%)	12 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.0%)	$17,870							93.8	95.6	3	6
090462000936	10	Tashua School	Public	K-5	401 Stonehouse Rd.	Trumbull	06611	Fairfield County	Trumbull School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 452-4433	411	28	14.7	9.5%	278 (67.6%)	17 (4.1%)	54 (13.1%)	52 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	$15,666							92.9	88.6	45	35

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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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