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)
090132000225	141	Flanders School	Public	K-4	167 Boston Post Rd.	East Lyme	06333	New London County	East Lyme School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 739-8475	274	27	10	23.0%	208 (75.9%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.3%)	26 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.3%)	$20,742							75.4	73.9	149	8
090177001488	142	Northeast Academy Magnet School	Public	K-5	115 Oslo Street	Mystic	06355	New London County	Groton School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 572-5852	391	31	12.6	26.9%	273 (69.8%)	9 (2.3%)	58 (14.8%)	16 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	34 (8.7%)	$17,967							75.2	74.3	145	3
090423000837	143	South End Elementary School	Public	K-5	10 Maxwell-Noble Drive	Plantsville	06479	Hartford County	Southington School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 628-3320	247	21	11.7	29.1%	199 (80.6%)	5 (2.0%)	26 (10.5%)	9 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	$16,289							75.1	70.4	161	18
090252000483	144	Pumpkin Delight School	Public	PK, KG-5	27 Art St.	Milford	06460	New Haven County	Milford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 783-3531	262	22	11.6	35.1%	173 (66.0%)	7 (2.7%)	44 (16.8%)	16 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (8.4%)	$20,406							75	62.1	201	57
090069000119	145	Canton Intermediate School	Public	4-6	39 Dyer Ave.	Canton	06019	Hartford County	Canton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 693-7717	330	29	11.2	16.7%	253 (76.7%)	24 (7.3%)	30 (9.1%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.8%)	$21,475							74.9	72.3	153	8
090186000348	146	Spring Glen School	Public	K-6	1908 Whitney Ave.	Hamden	06517	New Haven County	Hamden School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 407-2045	370	27	13.9	23.5%	226 (61.1%)	50 (13.5%)	61 (16.5%)	12 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (5.4%)	$21,542							74.7	79.3	119	27
090153000264	147	North Stratfield School	Public	K-5	190 Putting Green Rd.	Fairfield	06825	Fairfield County	Fairfield School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 255-8322	411	31	13.3	9.7%	313 (76.2%)	10 (2.4%)	46 (11.2%)	22 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.9%)	$18,028							74.5	83.9	86	61
090352000728	148	Harwinton Consolidated School	Public	PK, KG-4	115 Litchfield Rd.	Harwinton	06791	Litchfield County	Regional School District 10	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 485-9029	386	31	12.2	19.4%	274 (71.0%)	1 (0.3%)	31 (8.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (20.2%)	$18,875							74.5	79.4	117	31
090353600743	149	Bethlehem Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	92 East St.	Bethlehem	06751	Litchfield County	Regional School District 14	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 266-7506	281	21	13.7	26.3%	231 (82.2%)	4 (1.4%)	30 (10.7%)	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (3.6%)	$22,634							74.4	67.8	176	27
090273001195	150	Meeting House Hill School	Public	3-5	24 Gillotti Rd.	New Fairfield	06812	Fairfield County	New Fairfield School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 312-5905	458	43	10.6	18.8%	361 (78.8%)	7 (1.5%)	72 (15.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	13 (2.8%)	$21,441							74.3	78.9	121	29

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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.
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