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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Connecticut

Across Connecticut, 173 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. House of Arts Letters and Science (HALS) Academy leads the list at 92.8%, against a median of 56.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

173

Connecticut

Top % Proficient (Reading)

92.8%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

56.9%

BEST IN READING · CONNECTICUT

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	House of Arts Letters and Science (HALS) Academy	New Britain, CT	New Britain School District	Middle	152	92.8%
2	Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy	Hartford, CT	Hartford School District	Middle	128	90.4%
3	Eastern Middle School	Riverside, CT	Greenwich School District	Middle	797	86.2%
4	Saxe Middle School	New Canaan, CT	New Canaan School District	Middle	1,271	86.0%
5	Weston Middle School	Weston, CT	Weston School District	Middle	474	85.6%
6	Middlesex Middle School	Darien, CT	Darien School District	Middle	1,043	84.4%
7	Coleytown Middle School	Westport, CT	Westport School District	Middle	484	84.4%
8	Walter C. Polson Middle School	Madison, CT	Madison School District	Middle	541	84.1%
9	East Ridge Middle School	Ridgefield, CT	Ridgefield School District	Middle	489	81.2%
10	Hillcrest Middle School	Trumbull, CT	Trumbull School District	Middle	792	80.8%
11	Bedford Middle School	Westport, CT	Westport School District	Middle	710	80.3%
12	Dodd Middle School	Cheshire, CT	Cheshire School District	Middle	660	79.7%
13	Roger Ludlowe Middle School	Fairfield, CT	Fairfield School District	Middle	764	79.2%
14	Helen Keller Middle School	Easton, CT	Easton School District	Middle	287	78.6%
15	Scotts Ridge Middle School	Ridgefield, CT	Ridgefield School District	Middle	548	77.1%
16	A. Baldwin Middle School	Guilford, CT	Guilford School District	Middle	463	76.4%
17	Avon Middle School	Avon, CT	Avon School District	Middle	461	76.3%
18	West Woods Upper Elementary School	Farmington, CT	Farmington School District	Middle	676	76.0%
19	Gideon Welles School	Glastonbury, CT	Glastonbury School District	Middle	551	76.0%
20	Jockey Hollow School	Monroe, CT	Monroe School District	Middle	765	75.8%
21	Irving A. Robbins Middle School	Farmington, CT	Farmington School District	Middle	670	75.7%
22	Albert D. Griswold Middle School	Rocky Hill, CT	Rocky Hill School District	Middle	622	75.6%
23	Henry James Memorial School	Simsbury, CT	Simsbury School District	Middle	685	75.5%
24	Capt. Nathan Hale School	Coventry, CT	Coventry School District	Middle	363	75.4%
25	Smith Middle School	Glastonbury, CT	Glastonbury School District	Middle	875	74.9%
26	E. C. Adams Middle School	Guilford, CT	Guilford School District	Middle	478	74.7%
27	East Granby Middle School	East Granby, CT	East Granby School District	Middle	218	74.0%
28	Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School	Old Lyme, CT	Regional School District 18	Middle	271	73.7%
29	Old Saybrook Middle School	Old Saybrook, CT	Old Saybrook School District	Middle	307	73.6%
30	John Read Middle School	Redding, CT	Redding School District	Middle	381	73.2%
31	Central Middle School	Greenwich, CT	Greenwich School District	Middle	483	73.1%
32	Stonington Middle School	Pawcatuck, CT	Stonington School District	Middle	366	73.1%
33	Haddam-Killingworth Middle School	Killingworth, CT	Regional School District 17	Middle	423	72.8%
34	Thompson Brook School	Avon, CT	Avon School District	Middle	497	72.5%
35	Granby Memorial Middle School	Granby, CT	Granby School District	Middle	387	71.6%
36	Plumb Hill Middle School	Litchfield, CT	Regional School District 20	Middle	351	71.2%
37	Reed Intermediate School	Newtown, CT	Newtown School District	Middle	583	71.1%
38	Madison Middle School	Trumbull, CT	Trumbull School District	Middle	857	71.0%
39	Joseph A. Depaolo Middle School	Southington, CT	Southington School District	Middle	671	69.8%
40	Ellington Middle School	Ellington, CT	Ellington School District	Middle	393	69.6%
41	New Fairfield Middle School	New Fairfield, CT	New Fairfield School District	Middle	464	69.2%
42	Western Middle School	Greenwich, CT	Greenwich School District	Middle	563	68.9%
43	Lebanon Middle School	Lebanon, CT	Lebanon School District	Middle	265	68.9%
44	Timothy Edwards School	South Windsor, CT	South Windsor School District	Middle	1,221	68.8%
45	Tolland Middle School	Tolland, CT	Tolland School District	Middle	468	68.7%
46	Canton Intermediate School	Canton, CT	Canton School District	Middle	333	68.5%
47	Canton Middle School	Canton, CT	Canton School District	Middle	214	68.0%
48	John F. Kennedy Middle School	Plantsville, CT	Southington School District	Middle	659	67.9%
49	Mansfield Middle School	Storrs, CT	Mansfield School District	Middle	414	67.8%
50	Newtown Middle School	Newtown, CT	Newtown School District	Middle	593	67.8%

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