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)
090474000954	121	James H. Moran Middle School	Public	6-8	141 Hope Hill Road	Wallingford	06492	New Haven County	Wallingford School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 741-2900	575	61	9.4	30.8%	402 (69.9%)	8 (1.4%)	113 (19.7%)	29 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (3.8%)	$21,142							48	46.4	127	6
090091000340	122	Six-Six Magnet School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	601 Pearl Harbor St.	Bridgeport	06610	Fairfield County	Cooperative Educational Services	No	Yes	No	Yes	(203) 365-8200	457	43	10.6	43.5%	109 (23.9%)	94 (20.6%)	200 (43.8%)	30 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.3%)	$22,536							47.5	32.5	152	30
090174000019	123	Griswold Middle School	Public	5-8	211 Slater Ave.	Griswold	06351	New London County	Griswold School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 376-7630	473	49	9.7	51.8%	357 (75.5%)	8 (1.7%)	57 (12.1%)	7 (1.5%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (8.5%)	$16,548							47.4	52.8	116	7
090519001640	124	Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy	Public, Magnet	K-8	141 Tuckie Road	North Windham	06256	Windham County	Windham School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(860) 465-2610	553	53	10.5	51.0%	245 (44.3%)	7 (1.3%)	270 (48.8%)	7 (1.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.8%)	$21,097							47.1	61.2	94	30
090474000951	125	Dag Hammarskjold Middle School	Public	6-8	106 Pond Hill Road	Wallingford	06492	New Haven County	Wallingford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 294-3700	579	59	9.8	33.9%	401 (69.3%)	3 (0.5%)	124 (21.4%)	30 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	19 (3.3%)	$21,841							46.7	34.3	146	21
090240001948	126	Edison Middle School	Public	6-8	1355 North Broad Street	Meriden	06450	New Haven County	Meriden School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 379-2590	665	52	12.6	75.5%	143 (21.5%)	67 (10.1%)	417 (62.7%)	13 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.8%)	$17,269							46.2	47.9	124	2
090051001945	127	Bristol Arts and Innovation Magnet School	Public	6-12	70 Memorial Boulevard	Bristol	06111	Hartford County	Bristol School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(860) 584-7007	256	25	10.1	54.7%	102 (39.8%)	26 (10.2%)	92 (35.9%)	13 (5.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.2%)	$18,227							45.8			(n/a)
090007001358	128	ACES at Chase	Public, Magnet	6-8	565 Chase Parkway	Waterbury	06708	New Haven County	Area Cooperative Educational Services	No	Yes	No	Yes	(203) 639-8403	671	54	12.4	35.6%	199 (29.7%)	131 (19.5%)	283 (42.2%)	10 (1.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (6.9%)	$31,307							45.5	33.4	149	21
090405000801	129	Intermediate School	Public	7-8	675 Constitution Blvd.	Shelton	06484	Fairfield County	Shelton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 926-2000	777	54	14.3	34.2%	458 (58.9%)	69 (8.9%)	187 (24.1%)	31 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.1%)	$17,114							45	59.8	100	29
090522001095	130	Sage Park Middle School	Public	6-8	25 Sage Park Rd.	Windsor	06095	Hartford County	Windsor School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 687-2030	698	71	9.8	43.6%	121 (17.3%)	321 (46.0%)	176 (25.2%)	22 (3.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (8.2%)	$23,943							44.7	37.3	140	10

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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.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education.