Best Elementary 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 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)
090129000605	361	Carbone School/East Haven Academy	Public	1-8	200 Tyler St.	East Haven	06512	New Haven County	East Haven School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 468-3219	333	27	12.2	37.8%	224 (67.3%)	12 (3.6%)	75 (22.5%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.8%)	$16,329							21.2	33.6	306	55
090279000568	362	Nathan Hale School	Public	PK, KG-8	480 Townsend Ave.	New Haven	06512	New Haven County	New Haven School District	No	No	No	No	(475) 220-4200	530	44	11.9	59.1%	166 (31.3%)	85 (16.0%)	255 (48.1%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.8%)	$17,548							20.9	18.5	372	10
090102000156	363	Morris Street School	Public	K-5	28 Morris St.	Danbury	06810	Fairfield County	Danbury School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 797-4809	376	29	12.9	54.3%	45 (12.0%)	11 (2.9%)	299 (79.5%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.3%)	$15,848							20.8	14.5	397	34
090186000338	364	Dunbar Hill School	Public	PK, KG-6	315 Lane St.	Hamden	06514	New Haven County	Hamden School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 407-2025	272	20	13.6	48.9%	38 (14.0%)	100 (36.8%)	96 (35.3%)	7 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (11.4%)	$23,267							20.7	12.9	409	45
090432000866	365	Springdale School	Public	K-5	1127 Hope St.	Stamford	06907	Fairfield County	Stamford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 977-4575	581	48	12.1	54.6%	146 (25.1%)	61 (10.5%)	327 (56.3%)	13 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.5%)	$20,257							20.4	20.7	360	5
090070001623	366	Ana Grace Academy of the Arts	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	129 Griffin Road North	Bloomfield	06002	Hartford County	Capitol Region Education Council	No	Yes	No	Yes	(860) 677-0380	863	38	22.8	71.0%	126 (14.6%)	266 (30.8%)	396 (45.9%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	60 (7.0%)	$24,260							19.5	17.5	379	13
090345000079	367	Regional Multicultural Magnet School	Public, Magnet	K-5	1 Bulkeley Place	New London	06320	New London County	Learn	No	Yes	No	Yes	(860) 437-7775	501	39	12.9	64.5%	126 (25.1%)	58 (11.6%)	235 (46.9%)	6 (1.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (14.8%)	$20,404							19.4	35.3	299	68
090045000090	368	John Winthrop School	Public	PK, KG-8	85 Eckart St.	Bridgeport	06606	Fairfield County	Bridgeport School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 576-7769	600	48	12.5	70.0%	89 (14.8%)	125 (20.8%)	340 (56.7%)	26 (4.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	17 (2.8%)	$17,454							19.3	21.5	358	10
090174000310	369	Griswold Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	303 Slater Ave.	Griswold	06351	New London County	Griswold School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 376-7610	691	48	14.3	52.4%	510 (73.8%)	22 (3.2%)	96 (13.9%)	13 (1.9%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (6.4%)	$16,671							19.2	30.1	325	44
090249000457	370	Lawrence School	Public	K-5	Kaplan Dr.	Middletown	06457	Middlesex County	Middletown School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 632-2158	329	23	14	36.5%	158 (48.0%)	65 (19.8%)	42 (12.8%)	26 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (11.6%)	$20,445							19.1	25.2	343	27

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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.