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The top-graded public middle schools in Connecticut

172 public middle schools in Connecticut appear in this ranking of the top-graded public middle schools, ranked by the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against what poverty predicts, and the three-year trend, each compared with schools in the same state. Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy leads the list at A+, against a median of B- across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

172

Connecticut

Top Grade

A+

Median Grade

B-

TOP GRADED · CONNECTICUT

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Grade	Percentile in state
1	Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy	Hartford, CT	Hartford School District	Middle	128	A+	99.7
2	Saxe Middle School	New Canaan, CT	New Canaan School District	Middle	1,271	A+	99.1
3	Eastern Middle School	Riverside, CT	Greenwich School District	Middle	797	A+	98.5
4	House of Arts Letters and Science (HALS) Academy	New Britain, CT	New Britain School District	Middle	152	A+	98
5	Walter C. Polson Middle School	Madison, CT	Madison School District	Middle	541	A+	97.4
6	Coleytown Middle School	Westport, CT	Westport School District	Middle	484	A+	96.8
7	Middlesex Middle School	Darien, CT	Darien School District	Middle	1,043	A+	96.2
8	Weston Middle School	Weston, CT	Weston School District	Middle	474	A+	95.6
9	East Ridge Middle School	Ridgefield, CT	Ridgefield School District	Middle	489	A+	95.1
10	Roger Ludlowe Middle School	Fairfield, CT	Fairfield School District	Middle	764	A	94.5
11	Bedford Middle School	Westport, CT	Westport School District	Middle	710	A	93.9
12	Helen Keller Middle School	Easton, CT	Easton School District	Middle	287	A	93.3
13	Hillcrest Middle School	Trumbull, CT	Trumbull School District	Middle	792	A	92.7
14	Dodd Middle School	Cheshire, CT	Cheshire School District	Middle	660	A	92.2
15	Gideon Welles School	Glastonbury, CT	Glastonbury School District	Middle	551	A	91.6
16	E. C. Adams Middle School	Guilford, CT	Guilford School District	Middle	478	A	91
17	Scotts Ridge Middle School	Ridgefield, CT	Ridgefield School District	Middle	548	A	90.4
18	West Woods Upper Elementary School	Farmington, CT	Farmington School District	Middle	676	A	89.8
19	Smith Middle School	Glastonbury, CT	Glastonbury School District	Middle	875	A	89.2
20	John Read Middle School	Redding, CT	Redding School District	Middle	381	A	88.7
21	Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School	Old Lyme, CT	Regional School District 18	Middle	271	A	88.1
22	Avon Middle School	Avon, CT	Avon School District	Middle	461	A	87.5
23	Irving A. Robbins Middle School	Farmington, CT	Farmington School District	Middle	670	A	86.9
24	Henry James Memorial School	Simsbury, CT	Simsbury School District	Middle	685	A	86.3
25	Reed Intermediate School	Newtown, CT	Newtown School District	Middle	583	A	85.8
26	Thompson Brook School	Avon, CT	Avon School District	Middle	497	A	85.2
27	A. Baldwin Middle School	Guilford, CT	Guilford School District	Middle	463	A-	84.6
28	Albert D. Griswold Middle School	Rocky Hill, CT	Rocky Hill School District	Middle	622	A-	84
29	Central Middle School	Greenwich, CT	Greenwich School District	Middle	483	A-	83.4
30	Fairfield Woods Middle School	Fairfield, CT	Fairfield School District	Middle	715	A-	82.8
31	Stonington Middle School	Pawcatuck, CT	Stonington School District	Middle	366	A-	82.3
32	Madison Middle School	Trumbull, CT	Trumbull School District	Middle	857	A-	81.7
33	Jockey Hollow School	Monroe, CT	Monroe School District	Middle	765	A-	81.1
34	Haddam-Killingworth Middle School	Killingworth, CT	Regional School District 17	Middle	423	A-	80.5
35	Ellington Middle School	Ellington, CT	Ellington School District	Middle	393	A-	79.9
36	Old Saybrook Middle School	Old Saybrook, CT	Old Saybrook School District	Middle	307	A-	79.4
37	Newtown Middle School	Newtown, CT	Newtown School District	Middle	593	A-	78.8
38	Canton Intermediate School	Canton, CT	Canton School District	Middle	333	A-	78.2
39	Timothy Edwards School	South Windsor, CT	South Windsor School District	Middle	1,221	A-	77.6
40	New Fairfield Middle School	New Fairfield, CT	New Fairfield School District	Middle	464	A-	77
41	Capt. Nathan Hale School	Coventry, CT	Coventry School District	Middle	363	A-	76.5
42	Joseph A. Depaolo Middle School	Southington, CT	Southington School District	Middle	671	A-	75.9
43	Tolland Middle School	Tolland, CT	Tolland School District	Middle	468	A-	75.3
44	John F. Kennedy Middle School	Plantsville, CT	Southington School District	Middle	659	B+	74.7
45	Suffield Middle School	Suffield, CT	Suffield School District	Middle	443	B+	74.1
46	Tomlinson Middle School	Fairfield, CT	Fairfield School District	Middle	584	B+	73.5
47	Plumb Hill Middle School	Litchfield, CT	Regional School District 20	Middle	351	B+	73
48	East Granby Middle School	East Granby, CT	East Granby School District	Middle	218	B+	72.4
49	King Philip Middle School	West Hartford, CT	West Hartford School District	Middle	820	B+	71.8
50	Mansfield Middle School	Storrs, CT	Mansfield School District	Middle	414	B+	71.2

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