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The fastest-declining public middle schools by enrollment in Connecticut

133 public middle schools in Connecticut appear in this ranking of the fastest-declining public middle schools by enrollment, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Burr Middle School leads the list at -52.2%, against a median of -11.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

133

Connecticut

Best Enrollment change

-52.2%

Median Enrollment change

-11.7%

FASTEST DECLINING · CONNECTICUT

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Burr Middle School	Hartford, CT	Hartford School District	542	259	-52.2%
2	Westbrook Middle School	Westbrook, CT	Westbrook School District	236	126	-46.6%
3	John Winthrop Middle School	Deep River, CT	Regional School District 04	322	197	-38.8%
4	Haddam-Killingworth Middle School	Killingworth, CT	Regional School District 17	663	423	-36.2%
5	Whisconier Middle School	Brookfield, CT	Brookfield School District	886	595	-32.8%
6	Old Saybrook Middle School	Old Saybrook, CT	Old Saybrook School District	450	307	-31.8%
7	Northeast Middle School	Bristol, CT	Bristol School District	463	324	-30.0%
8	East Ridge Middle School	Ridgefield, CT	Ridgefield School District	697	489	-29.8%
9	Betances STEM Magnet School	Hartford, CT	Hartford School District	288	206	-28.5%
10	Washington Middle School	Meriden, CT	Meriden School District	746	536	-28.2%
11	Nathan Hale Middle School	Norwalk, CT	Norwalk School District	680	499	-26.6%
12	Northwestern Regional Middle School	Winsted, CT	Regional School District 07	296	218	-26.4%
13	Oxford Middle School	Oxford, CT	Oxford School District	500	371	-25.8%
14	Chippens Hill Middle School	Bristol, CT	Bristol School District	725	545	-24.8%
15	RHAM Middle School	Hebron, CT	Regional School District 08	467	352	-24.6%
16	Mansfield Middle School	Storrs, CT	Mansfield School District	546	414	-24.2%
17	Fairfield Woods Middle School	Fairfield, CT	Fairfield School District	941	715	-24.0%
18	Bristow Middle School	West Hartford, CT	West Hartford School District	420	326	-22.4%
19	M. L. King Jr. Middle School	Hartford, CT	Hartford School District	236	184	-22.0%
20	ACES at Chase	Waterbury, CT	Area Cooperative Educational Services	712	556	-21.9%
21	Long River Middle School	Prospect, CT	Regional School District 16	556	434	-21.9%
22	Thompson Middle School	North Grosvenordale, CT	Thompson School District	335	262	-21.8%
23	Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School	New Haven, CT	New Haven School District	444	348	-21.6%
24	Schaghticoke Middle School	New Milford, CT	New Milford School District	1,007	791	-21.4%
25	Cloonan School	Stamford, CT	Stamford School District	569	447	-21.4%
26	Canton Middle School	Canton, CT	Canton School District	272	214	-21.3%
27	Stafford Middle School	Stafford Springs, CT	Stafford School District	361	285	-21.1%
28	William J. Johnston Middle School	Colchester, CT	Colchester School District	571	452	-20.8%
29	Harry B. Flood Middle School	Stratford, CT	Stratford School District	587	466	-20.6%
30	Tolland Middle School	Tolland, CT	Tolland School District	578	468	-19.0%
31	Weston Middle School	Weston, CT	Weston School District	584	474	-18.8%
32	East Shore Middle School	Milford, CT	Milford School District	411	339	-17.5%
33	Eli Terry Jr. Middle School	Terryville, CT	Plymouth School District	351	290	-17.4%
34	E. C. Adams Middle School	Guilford, CT	Guilford School District	578	478	-17.3%
35	Hall Memorial School	West Willington, CT	Willington School District	202	167	-17.3%
36	North Branford Intermediate School	North Branford, CT	North Branford School District	425	352	-17.2%
37	Avon Middle School	Avon, CT	Avon School District	556	461	-17.1%
38	Bedford Middle School	Westport, CT	Westport School District	854	710	-16.9%
39	Harborside Middle School	Milford, CT	Milford School District	481	400	-16.8%
40	John F. Kennedy Middle School	Plantsville, CT	Southington School District	792	659	-16.8%
41	Newtown Middle School	Newtown, CT	Newtown School District	712	593	-16.7%
42	James H. Moran Middle School	Wallingford, CT	Wallingford School District	635	531	-16.4%
43	Central Middle School	Greenwich, CT	Greenwich School District	577	483	-16.3%
44	Woodbury Middle School	Woodbury, CT	Regional School District 14	358	300	-16.2%
45	Dodd Middle School	Cheshire, CT	Cheshire School District	783	660	-15.7%
46	Milner Middle School	Hartford, CT	Hartford School District	309	261	-15.5%
47	Dag Hammarskjold Middle School	Wallingford, CT	Wallingford School District	702	593	-15.5%
48	Plainfield Central School	Plainfield, CT	Plainfield School District	499	422	-15.4%
49	Middlebrook School	Wilton, CT	Wilton School District	1,004	852	-15.1%
50	Rochambeau Middle School	Southbury, CT	Regional School District 15	484	412	-14.9%

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