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)
090507001060	221	Charles Wright School	Public	PK, KG-6	186 Nott St.	Wethersfield	06109	Hartford County	Wethersfield School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 571-8350	273	24	11.1	40.3%	138 (50.5%)	15 (5.5%)	90 (33.0%)	19 (7.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.7%)	$22,484							56.3	55.5	228	7
090453000909	222	Mary R. Fisher Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	785 Riverside Dr.	North Grosvenordale	06255	Windham County	Thompson School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 923-9142	396	33	12	42.9%	359 (90.7%)	4 (1.0%)	25 (6.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	$18,946							56.1			(n/a)
090216000399	223	Juliet W. Long School	Public	3-5	1854 Route12	Gales Ferry	06335	New London County	Ledyard School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 464-2780	273	18	14.8	17.9%	188 (68.9%)	13 (4.8%)	38 (13.9%)	17 (6.2%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.5%)	$15,233							55.3	62.1	200	23
090288000611	224	Anna Reynolds School	Public	PK, KG-4	85 Reservoir Road	Newington	06111	Hartford County	Newington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 521-7830	388	32	12.2	32.0%	193 (49.7%)	20 (5.2%)	99 (25.5%)	46 (11.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.5%)	$21,045							55.2	57.8	213	11
090240000445	225	John Barry School	Public	PK, KG-5	124 Columbia St.	Meriden	06450	New Haven County	Meriden School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 237-8831	472	36	13.2	86.9%	52 (11.0%)	66 (14.0%)	324 (68.6%)	8 (1.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.2%)	$15,073							55.1	41.5	275	50
090153000262	226	McKinley School	Public	K-5	60 Thompson St.	Fairfield	06825	Fairfield County	Fairfield School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 255-8318	433	41	10.6	49.2%	195 (45.0%)	35 (8.1%)	139 (32.1%)	44 (10.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	17 (3.9%)	$21,436							55	56.2	224	2
090353500742	227	Middlefield Memorial School	Public	3-5	124 Hubbard St.	Middlefield	06455	Middlesex County	Regional School District 13	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 349-7235	231	22	10.2	16.9%	204 (88.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (8.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.6%)	$25,971							54.9	55.9	227
090057000113	228	Brooklyn Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	119 Gorman Rd.	Brooklyn	06234	Windham County	Brooklyn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 774-7577	532	38	14	39.8%	423 (79.5%)	9 (1.7%)	64 (12.0%)	12 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.3%)	$16,368							54.7	45.7	258	30
090081000133	229	Jared Eliot School	Public	4-8	69 Fairy Dell Rd.	Clinton	06413	Middlesex County	Clinton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 664-6503	418	52	7.9	36.8%	286 (68.4%)	2 (0.5%)	111 (26.6%)	10 (2.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	$27,148							54.6			(n/a)
090495001027	230	Alma E. Pagels School	Public	PK, KG-4	26 Benham Hill Rd.	West Haven	06516	New Haven County	West Haven School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 931-6840	371	36	10.3	53.4%	111 (29.9%)	91 (24.5%)	114 (30.7%)	31 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (6.2%)	$20,561							54.5	32.9	317	87

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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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