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)
090504000960	11	Green's Farms School	Public	K-5	17 Morningside Dr. South	Westport	06880	Fairfield County	Westport School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 222-3610	442	40	10.9	2.3%	340 (76.9%)	13 (2.9%)	32 (7.2%)	23 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.5%)	$26,554							93.4	90.2	35	24
090291001121	12	Head O'Meadow Elementary School	Public	K-4	94 Boggs Hill Rd.	Newtown	06470	Fairfield County	Newtown School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 426-7670	327	29	11.1	11.3%	275 (84.1%)	12 (3.7%)	33 (10.1%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$21,234							93.3	87.5	56	44
090504001055	13	King's Highway Elementary School	Public	K-5	125 Post Rd. West	Westport	06880	Fairfield County	Westport School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 341-1802	449	39	11.5	3.3%	325 (72.4%)	12 (2.7%)	48 (10.7%)	26 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.5%)	$24,692							92.8	94.1	7	6
090180000330	14	Calvin Leete School	Public	K-4	280 South Union St.	Guilford	06437	New Haven County	Guilford School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 453-2726	225	20	11	9.8%	177 (78.7%)	5 (2.2%)	14 (6.2%)	9 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (8.9%)	$21,776							92.2	86.7	64	50
090501001428	15	Weston Intermediate School	Public	3-5	95 School Rd.	Weston	06883	Fairfield County	Weston School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 221-6330	453	35	12.9	2.0%	333 (73.5%)	6 (1.3%)	48 (10.6%)	30 (6.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.7%)	$24,026							92.2	91.7	21	6
090504001056	16	Long Lots School	Public	K-5	13 Hyde Ln.	Westport	06880	Fairfield County	Westport School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 341-1910	590	56	10.5	2.2%	432 (73.2%)	9 (1.5%)	54 (9.2%)	57 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (6.4%)	$23,002							92.1	90.2	34	18
090105000170	17	Ox Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	395 Mansfield Ave.	Darien	06820	Fairfield County	Darien School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 655-2579	526	42	12.6	0.6%	429 (81.6%)	4 (0.8%)	39 (7.4%)	29 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.8%)	$23,150							92	89.9	38	21
090462000936	18	Tashua School	Public	K-5	401 Stonehouse Rd.	Trumbull	06611	Fairfield County	Trumbull School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 452-4433	425	29	14.7	11.3%	285 (67.1%)	17 (4.0%)	61 (14.4%)	51 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.6%)	$17,276							91.9	92.9	10	8
090156000277	19	West District School	Public	K-5	114 West District Road	Unionville	06085	Hartford County	Farmington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 673-2579	391	31	12.6	14.8%	239 (61.1%)	18 (4.6%)	25 (6.4%)	88 (22.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.9%)	$17,263							91.9	89.1	44	25
090171000306	20	Old Greenwich School	Public	PK, KG-5	825 Sound Beach Ave.	Old Greenwich	06870	Fairfield County	Greenwich School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 637-0150	406	35	11.5	1.7%	333 (82.0%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (8.1%)	16 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.4%)	$23,413							91.8	92.3	14	6

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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:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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.