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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	Distance	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 3rd Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 4th 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 3rd Grade	SBAC Mathematics 4th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 5th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 6th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 7th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 8th Grade	Total
South School	0.0mi	Public	K-4	8 Farm Rd.	New Canaan	06840	Western Connecticut Planning Region	New Canaan School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 594-4313	477	44	10.7		376 (78.8%)	2 (0.4%)	35 (7.3%)	29 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.1%)	95.2	4^th of 492 public elementary schools	99.2%		96.3	2^nd of 493 public elementary schools	99.6%	2			89.7	87.2					89.7	90.4					$27,916
East School	1.3mi	Public	K-4	54 Little Brook Rd.	New Canaan	06840	Western Connecticut Planning Region	New Canaan School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 594-4219	554	47	11.7		437 (78.9%)	14 (2.5%)	42 (7.6%)	38 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.2%)	95.3	3^rd of 492 public elementary schools	99.4%		94.5	7^th of 493 public elementary schools	98.6%	4			89.2	92.3					85.0	94.0					$25,191
West School	1.9mi	Public	PK, KG-4	769 Ponus Ridge	New Canaan	06840	Western Connecticut Planning Region	New Canaan School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 594-4410	481	41	11.6		399 (83.0%)	4 (0.8%)	25 (5.2%)	19 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	32 (6.7%)								(n/a)			89.8	2586.0					92.0	2588.0					$26,707
Ox Ridge Elementary School	2.0mi	Public	K-5	395 Mansfield Ave.	Darien	06820	Western Connecticut Planning Region	Darien School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 655-2579	625	52	11.9	1.4%	506 (81.0%)	7 (1.1%)	47 (7.5%)	37 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.5%)	90.8	30^th of 492 public elementary schools	93.9%		92.7	11^th of 493 public elementary schools	97.8%	19	83.1		74.4	82.3	86.5				76.9	84.8	82.0				$26,840
Fox Run Elementary School	2.2mi	Public	PK, KG-5	228 Fillow Street	Norwalk	06850	Western Connecticut Planning Region	Norwalk School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 899-2860	398	36	11.0	52.5%	99 (24.9%)	64 (16.1%)	196 (49.2%)	17 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.5%)	51.8	251^st of 492 public elementary schools	49.0%		36.3	297^th of 493 public elementary schools	39.8%	46	56.9		61.0	41.4	61.5				66.1	36.2	44.6				$26,394
Concord Magnet School	2.7mi	Public, Magnet	K-8	21 Hunters Lane	Norwalk	06850	Western Connecticut Planning Region	Norwalk School District	No	Yes	No	No	(203) 899-2840	388	27	14.3	34.0%	161 (41.5%)	47 (12.1%)	133 (34.3%)	19 (4.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (6.4%)	55.6	237^th of 492 public elementary schools	51.8%		58.9	224^th of 493 public elementary schools	54.6%	13	499.0	807.0	47.6	61.8	56.8	42.2	53.3	66.7	50.0	67.3	52.3	48.9	51.1	45.2	$22,184
Springdale School	2.8mi	Public	K-5	1127 Hope St.	Stamford	06907	Western Connecticut Planning Region	Stamford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 977-4575	565	41	13.6	56.3%	144 (25.5%)	63 (11.2%)	313 (55.4%)	16 (2.8%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.1%)	24.5	357^th of 492 public elementary schools	27.4%		23	352^nd of 493 public elementary schools	28.6%	5	35.7		25.9	40.0	41.7				31.5	43.5	38.1				$20,955
Silvermine Dual Language Magnet School	2.8mi	Public, Magnet	K-5	157 Perry Avenue	Norwalk	06850	Western Connecticut Planning Region	Norwalk School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(203) 899-2950	428	28	15.2	57.7%	36 (8.4%)	23 (5.4%)	348 (81.3%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.5%)	36	310^th of 492 public elementary schools	37.0%		27.3	337^th of 493 public elementary schools	31.6%	27	491.0		42.4	53.7	32.3				56.1	46.3	27.7				$21,382
Davenport Ridge School	2.9mi	Public	K-5	1300 Newfield Ave.	Stamford	06905	Western Connecticut Planning Region	Stamford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 977-4291	673	47	14.2	41.2%	277 (41.2%)	60 (8.9%)	286 (42.5%)	36 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.1%)	36.8	305^th of 492 public elementary schools	38.0%		34.8	305^th of 493 public elementary schools	38.1%		54.8		38.3	28.7	51.0				47.9	37.6	47.1				$20,481
Northeast School	3.0mi	Public	K-5	82 Scofieldtown Rd.	Stamford	06903	Western Connecticut Planning Region	Stamford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 977-4469	436	34	12.7	40.4%	179 (41.1%)	45 (10.3%)	175 (40.1%)	9 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.4%)	27.8	340^th of 492 public elementary schools	30.9%		32.1	314^th of 493 public elementary schools	36.3%	26	38.3		33.3	34.7	41.7				42.4	45.8	2486.0				$25,586

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