Summary:
Zip code 06078 in Suffield, Connecticut is served by three public schools in the Suffield School District, educating 1,370 students across grades PK–8. The district ranks 71st out of 153 in Connecticut with a 3-star rating. The schools are A. Ward Spaulding School (PK–2), McAlister Intermediate School (3–5), and Suffield Middle School (6–8). There are no high schools in the zip code.
Suffield Middle School is the standout, with a 4-star rating and a rank of 75th out of 258 middle schools statewide. It also has the best student-to-teacher ratio (10.9:1) and highest per-student spending ($18,398). McAlister Intermediate School is a solid 3-star school ranked 212th out of 491 elementary schools, though it slipped from 152nd the previous year. A. Ward Spaulding School serves PK–2 and has no test scores, but it leads the zip code with a chronic absenteeism rate of just 5.6%, far below the district's 10.3% and the state's 16.4%. Absenteeism rises with grade level, reaching 12.5% at the middle school.
Both tested schools beat state averages, especially in math. Suffield Middle School's average math proficiency across grades 6–8 is 62.1% versus the state's 43.5%, while McAlister Intermediate averages 60.9% versus the state's 50.0%. However, 2025–2026 brought notable declines, including a 14.4-point drop in 3rd-grade ELA at McAlister and a 12.1-point drop in 8th-grade math at the middle school. Economic disadvantage is low across all three schools, ranging from 12.7% to 16.0% free/reduced lunch eligibility. Notably, the middle school posts the strongest outcomes despite having the most disadvantaged students and highest absenteeism, suggesting its higher funding and smaller class sizes are making a difference.
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