Summary:
Zip code 06776, serving the town of New Milford, Connecticut, is home to five schools in the New Milford School District spanning grades PK-12 with a combined enrollment of 3,493 students. The district as a whole ranks 115th out of 153 Connecticut districts, placing it in the 25th percentile with a 1-star rating. The schools include New Milford High School (grades 9-12), Schaghticoke Middle School (grades 6-8), Sarah Noble Intermediate School (grades 3-5), Northville Elementary School (PK-2), and Hill And Plain School (PK-2).
The clear academic standout is New Milford High School, which ranks 60th out of 133 Connecticut high schools (55th percentile, 3-star rating), up from the 51st percentile in 2023-2024. It boasts a 92.2% graduation rate and SAT ELA proficiency of 61.8%, well above the state's 55.3%. Hill And Plain School was historically the top-ranked school in the zip code, earning a 4-star rating in the 74th percentile back in 2011-2012, but it no longer has test-based rankings because it serves only PK-2. Northville Elementary School leads the district in attendance with a 9.1% chronic absenteeism rate, far better than the district's 17.4% and the state's 16.4%.
The most striking pattern is chronic absenteeism at New Milford High School, where 27.0% of students are chronically absent — nearly three times the rate at Northville (9.1%) and roughly 310 students missing significant instructional time. Math is a districtwide weakness: the high school posts just 30.4% math proficiency versus 61.8% in ELA, and middle and elementary grades all trail state math averages by 10 to 17 points. Science results are mixed, with Schaghticoke Middle School exceeding the state in 2024-2025 (54.7% vs. 50.3%) but falling below in 2025-2026. Although the district holds a 1-star rating, the high school clearly outperforms that rating, while the PK-2 schools remain difficult to evaluate without current test data.
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