Summary:
ZIP code 06786 in Terryville, Connecticut is served by one middle school — Eli Terry Junior Middle School — which enrolls 290 students in grades 6 through 8 as part of the Plymouth School District.
The school is currently ranked 151st out of 258 Connecticut middle schools, placing it in the 41st percentile with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. Its ranking has slipped steadily over the past three years, falling from the 54th percentile (3 stars) in 2023–2024, to the 50th percentile (3 stars) in 2024–2025, and now to its current position. Test results are below state averages in almost every subject and grade. Most notably, 8th grade math proficiency collapsed from 43.0% to 28.2% in one year, and 8th grade science fell from 62.0% to 48.2%. Sixth grade math is especially weak at 22.7% proficiency compared to the state average of 44.4%. The one bright spot is the current 7th grade class, which improved significantly from its performance the prior year as 6th graders — ELA rose from 37.4% to 47.7% and math rose from 30.8% to 40.4%.
Contextual factors help explain some of the challenges. More than half of students (52.41%) qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating a majority low-income student body. Chronic absenteeism stands at 16.6%, essentially matching the state average of 16.4%. The school maintains a favorable 10-to-1 student-teacher ratio, and per-student spending was reported at $15,075 (2018–2019), suggesting the school is reasonably well-resourced on paper despite below-average outcomes. In short, parents should know that while this school has strengths — including small class sizes and a supportive staff-to-student ratio — academic performance has declined recently, and the largest concerns center on 8th grade math and science, where proficiency dropped sharply this year.
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