Best Middle Schools in Connecticut

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the NGSS and SBAC test scores by the Connecticut Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, August 27, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 250)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
090228001480	11	Walter C. Polson Middle School	Public	6-8	302 Green Hill Rd.	Madison	06443	New Haven County	Madison School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 245-6480	537	52	10.2		451 (84.0%)	3 (0.6%)	40 (7.4%)	27 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.8%)	$24,986							92.1	92.8	9	2
090501001047	12	Weston Middle School	Public	6-8	135 School Rd.	Weston	06883	Fairfield County	Weston School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 221-6360	519	49	10.6		390 (75.1%)	7 (1.3%)	52 (10.0%)	37 (7.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.2%)	$24,756							91.7	91.5	15	3
090153000919	13	Roger Ludlowe Middle School	Public	6-8	689 Unquowa Rd.	Fairfield	06824	Fairfield County	Fairfield School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 255-8345	760	72	10.5	5.8%	608 (80.0%)	11 (1.4%)	54 (7.1%)	32 (4.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (7.1%)	$22,974							91.6	90.9	19	6
090351000721	14	John Read Middle School	Public	5-8	486 Redding Road	Redding	06896	Fairfield County	Redding School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 938-2533	353	36	9.9	11.6%	287 (81.3%)	5 (1.4%)	44 (12.5%)	8 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.3%)	$30,716							91.3	87.6	28	14
090351501951	15	Wamogo Regional Middle School	Public	6-8	98 Wamogo Road	Litchfield	06759	Litchfield County	Regional School District 06	No	No	No	No	(860) 567-7410	152	14	10.8	25.7%	132 (86.8%)	3 (2.0%)	7 (4.6%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.9%)	$16,088							91.1	91.5	16	1
090354001123	16	Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School	Public	6-8	53 Lyme St.	Old Lyme	06371	New London County	Regional School District 18	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 434-2568	272	28	9.6	14.0%	233 (85.7%)	1 (0.4%)	13 (4.8%)	12 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.8%)	$26,628							91.1	88.6	24	8
090504001048	17	Bedford Middle School	Public	6-8	88 North Ave.	Westport	06880	Fairfield County	Westport School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 341-1510	747	72	10.4		567 (75.9%)	16 (2.1%)	58 (7.8%)	56 (7.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (6.6%)	$25,208							91.1	93.4	8	9
090156000274	18	Irving A. Robbins Middle School	Public	7-8	20 Wolf Pit Rd.	Farmington	06032	Hartford County	Farmington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 677-2683	625	54	11.6	22.1%	324 (51.8%)	33 (5.3%)	73 (11.7%)	145 (23.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (7.5%)	$21,054							89.9	91.2	17	1
090180000331	19	E. C. Adams Middle School	Public	7-8	233 Church St.	Guilford	06437	New Haven County	Guilford School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 453-2755	482	44	11	13.7%	399 (82.8%)	8 (1.7%)	37 (7.7%)	14 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.6%)	$20,221							89.8	87.1	30	11
090162000282	20	Smith Middle School	Public	6-8	216 Addison Rd.	Glastonbury	06033	Hartford County	Glastonbury School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 652-7040	841	67	12.5	13.2%	533 (63.4%)	20 (2.4%)	119 (14.1%)	110 (13.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (6.5%)	$20,729							89.4	87.5	29	9

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SBAC English Language Arts, SBAC Mathematics, NGSS Science test scores released by the Connecticut Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 27, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Connecticut Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Connecticut Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education.