Best Elementary Schools in Connecticut

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 497)	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)
090171000308	1	Riverside School	Public	K-5	90 Hendrie Ave.	Riverside	06878	Fairfield County	Greenwich School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 637-1440	435	36	12.1	2.3%	312 (71.7%)	2 (0.5%)	73 (16.8%)	24 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.5%)	$23,458							95.8	96.4	2	1
090381000781	2	Veterans Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8 Governor St.	Ridgefield	06877	Fairfield County	Ridgefield School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 894-5525	250	21	12.1	10.4%	186 (74.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.4%)	22 (8.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (8.0%)	$22,296							95.8	91.8	20	18
090270000533	3	South School	Public	K-4	8 Farm Rd.	New Canaan	06840	Fairfield County	New Canaan School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 594-4313	507	47	10.8	0.6%	397 (78.3%)	3 (0.6%)	34 (6.7%)	37 (7.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.7%)	$24,613							95.2	96.5	1	2
090171000304	4	North Mianus School	Public	K-5	309 Palmer Hill Rd.	Riverside	06878	Fairfield County	Greenwich School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 637-9730	492	40	12.3	2.6%	319 (64.8%)	2 (0.4%)	64 (13.0%)	72 (14.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.9%)	$23,597							95	94.2	6	2
090270000534	5	West School	Public	PK, KG-4	769 Ponus Ridge	New Canaan	06840	Fairfield County	New Canaan School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 594-4410	483	42	11.5	0.6%	388 (80.3%)	5 (1.0%)	25 (5.2%)	26 (5.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.7%)	$24,226							94.7	94.6	4	1
090462000929	6	Daniels Farm School	Public	K-5	710 Daniels Farm Rd.	Trumbull	06611	Fairfield County	Trumbull School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 452-4388	495	34	14.5	11.1%	348 (70.3%)	22 (4.4%)	57 (11.5%)	53 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.0%)	$16,987							94.6	94.2	5	1
090270000530	7	East School	Public	K-4	54 Little Brook Rd.	New Canaan	06840	Fairfield County	New Canaan School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 594-4219	550	43	12.7	0.5%	438 (79.6%)	8 (1.5%)	36 (6.5%)	38 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.5%)	$22,525							94.5	88.9	48	41
090105000165	8	Hindley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10 Nearwater Ln.	Darien	06820	Fairfield County	Darien School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 655-1323	422	41	10.2	0.7%	341 (80.8%)	3 (0.7%)	21 (5.0%)	37 (8.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.5%)	$22,366							93.8	91.3	23	15
090492001011	9	Bugbee School	Public	K-5	1943 Asylum Ave.	West Hartford	06117	Hartford County	West Hartford School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 929-5500	371	29	13	7.0%	267 (72.0%)	16 (4.3%)	26 (7.0%)	27 (7.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (9.2%)	$19,083							93.8	92.7	12	3
090153000257	10	Dwight Elementary School	Public	K-5	1600 Redding Rd.	Fairfield	06824	Fairfield County	Fairfield School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 255-8312	245	20	12.4	6.9%	202 (82.4%)	6 (2.4%)	11 (4.5%)	9 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.9%)	$22,639							93.7	92.8	11	1

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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.