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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Across Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 29 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Ponus Ridge STEAM Academy leads the list at 62.5%, against a median of 31.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Top % FRL

62.5%

Median % FRL

31.9%

HIGHEST POVERTY · WESTERN CONNECTICUT PLANNING REGION, CONNECTICUT

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Ponus Ridge STEAM Academy	Norwalk, CT	Norwalk School District	Middle	637	62.5%
2	Rippowam Middle School	Stamford, CT	Stamford School District	Middle	704	62.1%
3	Cloonan School	Stamford, CT	Stamford School District	Middle	447	61.5%
4	Dolan School	Stamford, CT	Stamford School District	Middle	577	59.3%
5	Turn of River School	Stamford, CT	Stamford School District	Middle	560	58.8%
6	Broadview Middle School	Danbury, CT	Danbury School District	Middle	1,070	58.7%
7	Rogers Park Middle School	Danbury, CT	Danbury School District	Middle	888	58.3%
8	Nathan Hale Middle School	Norwalk, CT	Norwalk School District	Middle	499	55.3%
9	Roton Middle School	Norwalk, CT	Norwalk School District	Middle	463	54.4%
10	Westside Middle School Academy	Danbury, CT	Danbury School District	Middle	736	54.2%
11	West Rocks Middle School	Norwalk, CT	Norwalk School District	Middle	657	53.7%
12	Scofield Middle School	Stamford, CT	Stamford School District	Middle	622	49.2%
13	Western Middle School	Greenwich, CT	Greenwich School District	Middle	563	38.7%
14	Bethel Middle School	Bethel, CT	Bethel School District	Middle	758	33.6%
15	Schaghticoke Middle School	New Milford, CT	New Milford School District	Middle	791	31.9%
16	Whisconier Middle School	Brookfield, CT	Brookfield School District	Middle	595	24.0%
17	Central Middle School	Greenwich, CT	Greenwich School District	Middle	483	19.9%
18	New Fairfield Middle School	New Fairfield, CT	New Fairfield School District	Middle	464	19.6%
19	Newtown Middle School	Newtown, CT	Newtown School District	Middle	593	17.9%
20	Reed Intermediate School	Newtown, CT	Newtown School District	Middle	583	17.5%
21	John Read Middle School	Redding, CT	Redding School District	Middle	381	11.3%
22	East Ridge Middle School	Ridgefield, CT	Ridgefield School District	Middle	489	11.0%
23	Middlebrook School	Wilton, CT	Wilton School District	Middle	852	7.7%
24	Scotts Ridge Middle School	Ridgefield, CT	Ridgefield School District	Middle	548	6.6%
25	Eastern Middle School	Riverside, CT	Greenwich School District	Middle	797	5.9%
26	Bedford Middle School	Westport, CT	Westport School District	Middle	710	3.5%
27	Coleytown Middle School	Westport, CT	Westport School District	Middle	484	2.5%
28	Weston Middle School	Weston, CT	Weston School District	Middle	474	1.9%
29	Middlesex Middle School	Darien, CT	Darien School District	Middle	1,043	1.6%

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