Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 06062

Zip code 06062, serving the Plainville, Connecticut area, is home to exactly one middle school — Middle School of Plainville — which enrolls 535 students in grades 6 through 8. Because it is the only middle school in the zip code, this analysis focuses on that school’s performance relative to the Plainville School District and the state of Connecticut.

Middle School of Plainville is a solid, above-average school with a 3-star rating and a state rank of 89 out of 258 Connecticut middle schools (66th percentile). In 2025–2026, the school outperformed the state average in every tested subject and grade level. Its strongest area is 8th grade mathematics, where 63.9% of students scored proficient or above, compared to just 41.9% statewide — a 22-point advantage. English Language Arts proficiency is also consistently strong, with all three grades (6th, 7th, and 8th) landing between 56% and 58%, roughly 5–6 points above the state. Science proficiency in 8th grade reached 58.3%, beating the state by 7.4 points. The school also keeps chronic absenteeism at 13.8%, which is below both the district (14.6%) and state (16.4%) rates, even though 47.1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Year-over-year trends reveal a notable success story in 6th grade math, which jumped from 42.5% proficiency in 2024–2025 to 54.5% in 2025–2026 — a 12-point gain that flipped the subject from below the state average to well above it. However, not all trends are positive: 7th grade math declined by 4.2 points, and 8th grade science slipped by 3.2 points. Even with these dips, the school’s overall performance is impressive given that its home district ranks in the 35th percentile statewide (100 of 153 districts). With a low student–teacher ratio of 11.6, Middle School of Plainville demonstrates that a high-poverty school can still deliver strong academic outcomes and beat state averages across the board.