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Cromwell Middle School

Q: Is Cromwell Middle School a good school?

Cromwell Middle School ranks 87 th of 258 Connecticut middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

87^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 258 Connecticut Middle Schools

Better than 66% of Connecticut middle schools

Summary

Cromwell Middle School, located in Cromwell, CT, serves 448 students in grades 6–8 and is the only middle school in the Cromwell School District. In 2025–2026, Cromwell Middle School ranked 86th out of 258 Connecticut middle schools, placing it in the 67th percentile and firmly above the state average in every tested subject. Notably, the school outranks its district's overall standing — the district sits in the 53rd percentile statewide — suggesting that the middle school is a bright spot for the community. The school also has a very low student-teacher ratio of 10.5, the lowest among all nearby middle schools in the region, which means students are likely to receive more individual attention.

Academically, Cromwell Middle School outperforms the Connecticut state average in ELA, math, and science at every grade level. In 8th grade, proficiency rates are especially strong: 63.0% in ELA, 48.6% in math, and 61.6% in science, compared to state averages of 51.1%, 41.9%, and 50.9%, respectively. Against nearby schools, Cromwell clearly outperforms Beman Middle School, Martin Kellogg Middle School, and Silas Deane Middle School in most subjects and grade levels, while schools like Gideon Welles School and Albert D. Griswold Middle School still hold an edge in several areas. Although the school's overall performance is strong, subgroup results for White, low-income, and male and female students sit closer to the state median; special education students, however, ranked notably higher at the 78th percentile.

Attendance is a clear strength. Cromwell's chronic absenteeism rate of 10.6% is well below the state average of 16.4%. Still, the top-performing schools in the region do even better: Gideon Welles School is at 5.5%, Albert D. Griswold Middle School at 8.9%, and Brownstone Intermediate School at 9.2%. The school also operates efficiently, spending $15,306 per student — less than several nearby schools that perform similarly or worse. The main watch item is a notable drop in ELA proficiency across all grades in 2025–2026, which could reflect a single cohort difference but is worth monitoring. Overall, Cromwell Middle School offers solid academics, strong attendance, and small class sizes at a moderate cost — a dependable combination for families.

448

Students ?

10.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,266

Per pupil spending ?

28.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

6 Captain James Mann Memorial
Cromwell, CT 06416

(860) 632-4853

District: Cromwell School District

Students who attend Cromwell Middle School usually attend:

High:

Cromwell High School

Feeder schools for Cromwell Middle School:

Elementary:	Edna C. Stevens School
	Woodside Intermediate School

Racial breakdown:

White:

69.4%

Hispanic:

14.5%

Two or more races:

5.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 76th percentile in 2016 → 66th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Connecticut average (57% vs 48% meeting standards)

✓Above the Connecticut median (66th percentile)

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 10 percentile points since 2016

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school57%

District avg57%

Connecticut avg48%

87^th of 258

Connecticut public middle schools ?

Top 34%▼ down 9 pts since 2016

From top 24% (2016) to top 34% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

72^nd of 153Cromwell School District among Connecticut districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	68.4	87 of 258	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2025	73.0	74 of 252	70.6%	★★★★☆
2024	69.1	77 of 250	69.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.9	83 of 249	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	64.4	87 of 250	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	74.8	76 of 275	72.4%	★★★★☆
2019	79.1	60 of 259	76.8%	★★★★☆
2018	73.9	71 of 249	71.5%	★★★★☆
2017	69.5	79 of 250	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2016	76.3	60 of 246	75.6%	★★★★☆
2015	75.9	76 of 280	72.9%	★★★★☆
2013	71.9	100 of 278	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2012	73.4	89 of 272	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2011	72.6	91 of 269	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2010	74.4	82 of 268	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2009	72.6	87 of 255	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2008	71.0	94 of 252	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2007	72.8	76 of 250	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2006	65.5	104 of 248	58.1%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	61.6	74 of 164	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2025	60.3	72 of 164	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.0	77 of 161	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.3	69 of 160	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.5	71 of 166	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	64.7	83 of 235	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	67.7	64 of 169	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	66.3	67 of 160	58.1%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	47.4	54 of 112	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2025	54.0	49 of 117	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	46.7	55 of 109	49.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	55.7	47 of 106	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	70.6	55 of 218	74.8%	★★★★☆
2019	75.9	23 of 104	77.9%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	56.8	76 of 164	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	67.5	58 of 162	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	69.1	52 of 157	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	61.1	66 of 158	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	60.8	72 of 169	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	76.3	56 of 224	75.0%	★★★★☆
2019	76.5	49 of 167	70.7%	★★★★☆
2018	67.9	59 of 164	64.0%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	71.7	54 of 244	77.9%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	49.9	74 of 150	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	53.7	72 of 153	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	49.8	85 of 154	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	51.5	83 of 158	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	52.9	71 of 151	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	62.0	65 of 175	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	73.4	42 of 166	74.7%	★★★★☆
2018	63.2	59 of 168	64.9%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2021)78th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2026)55th percentile-11 vs school

Male (2026)54th percentile-13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)52nd percentile-14 vs school

White (2026)51st percentile-16 vs school

By subject vs Connecticut (2025-2026) ?

Science62%+11 vs state

English Language Arts61%+9 vs state

Mathematics52%+8 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, July 19, 2018

The board of education is very inappropriate, to their employees. Close Quote

by a parent
Monday, March 27, 2017

Cromwell Middle School is preparing students for a socialist government and a globalist vision. They are anti-nationalism and anti-American, as reflected in their history/civics programs. Teachers promote a leftist political agenda rather than being politically-neutral. They have assigned socialist-style seating at lunch. No touching in the hallways. Students are coddled and kept from experiencing character-building, every-day life interactions with other children. They push inclusion at the expense of liberty. They strive for diversity unless it is diversity of thought. In civics classes, children debate on whether to ban free speech and guns with a strong emphasis on defining what speech should be eliminated (so-called hate speech) and what guns should be eliminated (all guns). History teachers at the school argue that the Constitution is a fluid, living document meant to be changed. They also argue that the United States has no culture at all. (a push for multi-culturalism). God help the children who attend Cromwell Middle School. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NGSS Science (2026)		SBAC English Language Arts (2026)				SBAC Mathematics (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NGSS Science 5th Grade	NGSS Science 8th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 5th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 6th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 7th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 8th Grade	Total
Cromwell Middle School	Public	6-8	6 Captain James Mann Memorial	Cromwell	06416	Capitol Planning Region	Cromwell School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 632-4853	448	43	10.5	28.8%	311 (69.4%)	23 (5.1%)	65 (14.5%)	22 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.6%)	68.4	87^th of 258 public middle schools	66.3%		73	74^th of 252 public middle schools	70.6%	13		61.6		60.1	59.7	63.0		48.6	58.1	48.6	$21,266
Albert D. Griswold Middle School	Public	6-8	144 Bailey Rd.	Rocky Hill	06067	Capitol Planning Region	Rocky Hill School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 258-7741	622	50	12.3	22.3%	288 (46.3%)	28 (4.5%)	71 (11.4%)	208 (33.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.0%)	85.8	34^th of 258 public middle schools	86.8%		86.4	26^th of 252 public middle schools	89.7%	8		74.0		67.2	73.7	80.3		58.6	69.5	69.4	$19,800
Brownstone Intermediate School	Public	5-6	314 Main St.	Portland	06480	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Portland School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 342-6765	217	18	12.4	25.8%	154 (71.0%)	9 (4.1%)	41 (18.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.1%)								(n/a)	60.8		61.8	72.7			54.7	67.7			$19,849
Portland Middle School	Public	7-8	93 High Street	Portland	06480	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Portland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 342-1880	214	19	11.0	32.7%	140 (65.4%)	8 (3.7%)	50 (23.4%)	6 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.7%)	76	62^nd of 258 public middle schools	76.0%		68	83^rd of 252 public middle schools	67.1%	21		65.7			79.8	64.4			62.6	42.6	$17,801
John Wallace Middle School	Public	5-8	71 Halleran Drive	Newington	06111	Capitol Planning Region	Newington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 667-5888	610	48	12.8	35.7%	328 (53.8%)	39 (6.4%)	154 (25.2%)	59 (9.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.8%)	58.8	105^th of 258 public middle schools	59.3%		63.4	93^rd of 252 public middle schools	63.1%	12	58.9	53.5	55.7	60.3	59.8	49.3	48.9	43.1	50.6	41.5	$21,892
Catherine M. McGee Middle School	Public	6-8	899 Norton Rd.	Berlin	06037	Capitol Planning Region	Berlin School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 828-0323	595	52	11.3	22.4%	453 (76.1%)	13 (2.2%)	77 (12.9%)	33 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.2%)	74.5	68^th of 258 public middle schools	73.6%		75.2	62^nd of 252 public middle schools	75.4%	6		62.0		63.2	60.3	62.4		61.3	62.4	55.3	$22,470
Silas Deane Middle School	Public	7-8	551 Silas Deane Hwy.	Wethersfield	06109	Capitol Planning Region	Wethersfield School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 571-8300	546	45	12.1	28.4%	332 (60.8%)	21 (3.8%)	134 (24.5%)	33 (6.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.4%)	61.7	97^th of 258 public middle schools	62.4%		62.8	94^th of 252 public middle schools	62.7%	3		56.9			61.0	56.5			50.6	39.9	$20,963
House of Arts Letters and Science (HALS) Academy	Public	6-8	40 Goodwin St	New Britain	06051	Capitol Planning Region	New Britain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 826-1866	152	9	17.4	55.9%	49 (32.2%)	18 (11.8%)	74 (48.7%)	4 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.6%)	95.8	3^rd of 258 public middle schools	98.8%		94.4	8^th of 252 public middle schools	96.8%	5		822.0		2618.0	2637.0	2657.0		82.4	76.0	87.5	$16,419
Beman Middle School	Public	6-8	1 Wilderman's Way	Middletown	06457	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Middletown School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 347-8594	977	83	11.8	50.1%	371 (38.0%)	188 (19.2%)	266 (27.2%)	47 (4.8%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	101 (10.3%)	22.2	185^th of 258 public middle schools	28.3%		25	171^st of 252 public middle schools	32.1%	14		40.4		31.6	34.0	32.4		21.1	26.1	20.4	$23,394
Martin Kellogg Middle School	Public	5-8	155 Harding Avenue	Newington	06111	Capitol Planning Region	Newington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 666-5418	567	48	11.9	40.9%	259 (45.7%)	38 (6.7%)	170 (30.0%)	71 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.1%)	53.2	120^th of 258 public middle schools	53.5%		57.4	105^th of 252 public middle schools	58.3%	15	46.3	48.9	41.8	49.3	43.7	48.9	31.3	46.9	52.8	48.1	$23,802

Frequently Asked Questions about Cromwell Middle School

What is the racial makeup of Cromwell Middle School?

Students at Cromwell Middle School are 69% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 5% African American, 5% Asian.

How many students attend Cromwell Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 448 students attended Cromwell Middle School.

What district is Cromwell Middle School in?

Cromwell School District

Is Cromwell Middle School a good school?

Cromwell Middle School ranks 87^th of 258 Connecticut middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What high school do graduates of Cromwell Middle School attend?

Students who attend Cromwell Middle School usually go on to attend Cromwell High School

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