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)
090051000104	91	Northeast Middle School	Public	6-8	530 Stevens St.	Bristol	06010	Hartford County	Bristol School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 584-7839	336	40	8.4	47.6%	200 (59.5%)	26 (7.7%)	81 (24.1%)	13 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.8%)	$22,697							62.9	61.3	93	2
090090000139	92	Horace W. Porter School	Public	PK, KG-8	3 Schoolhouse Road	Columbia	06237	Tolland County	Columbia School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 228-9493	462	41	11.2	23.6%	388 (84.0%)	2 (0.4%)	49 (10.6%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.7%)	$21,830							62.3	48.9	123	31
090252000484	93	East Shore Middle School	Public	6-8	240 Chapel St.	Milford	06460	New Haven County	Milford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 783-3559	382	42	9	22.8%	272 (71.2%)	20 (5.2%)	50 (13.1%)	20 (5.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.0%)	$24,601							61	58	105	12
090486000994	94	Clark Lane Middle School	Public	6-8	105 Clark Ln.	Waterford	06385	New London County	Waterford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 443-2837	549	43	12.7	32.2%	410 (74.7%)	17 (3.1%)	59 (10.7%)	30 (5.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.5%)	$22,870							60.8	60.2	98	4
090399000794	95	Seymour Middle School	Public	6-8	211 Mountain Rd.	Seymour	06483	New Haven County	Seymour School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 888-4513	480	39	12.3	45.6%	311 (64.8%)	29 (6.0%)	113 (23.5%)	15 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.5%)	$18,001							60.3	57	108	13
090042000041	96	Francis Walsh Intermediate School	Public	5-8	185 Damascus Rd.	Branford	06405	New Haven County	Branford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 488-8317	767	75	10.2	41.6%	547 (71.3%)	32 (4.2%)	112 (14.6%)	45 (5.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (3.9%)	$23,868							60.3	53.7	113	17
090081000133	97	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							60.1	60	99	2
090120000198	98	Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School	Public	4-8	73 Clark Gates Rd.	Moodus	06469	Middlesex County	East Haddam School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 873-5081	378	37	10.2	27.8%	329 (87.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (9.0%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.6%)	$22,795							59.8	60.5	97	1
090297000622	99	North Branford Intermediate School	Public	6-8	654 Foxon Rd.	North Branford	06471	New Haven County	North Branford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 484-1500	388	37	10.5	24.5%	328 (84.5%)	3 (0.8%)	39 (10.1%)	7 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	$21,114							59.1	66.4	86	13
090468000947	100	Vernon Center Middle School	Public	6-8	777 Hartford Tpke.	Vernon	06066	Tolland County	Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 870-6070	678	68	9.9	59.6%	348 (51.3%)	67 (9.9%)	161 (23.7%)	37 (5.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (9.3%)	$18,074							59	57	109	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.