Connecticut schools ranked by test score
Latest CT Smarter Balanced year (2024-25). 173 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 50.5%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | House of Arts Letters and Science (HALS) Academy New Britain · New Britain School District | Middle | 92.8% | +42.3pp |
| 2 | Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy Hartford · Hartford School District | Middle | 90.4% | +39.9pp |
| 3 | Eastern Middle School Riverside · Greenwich School District | Middle | 86.2% | +35.7pp |
| 4 | Saxe Middle School New Canaan · New Canaan School District | Middle | 86.0% | +35.5pp |
| 5 | Weston Middle School Weston · Weston School District | Middle | 85.6% | +35.1pp |
| 6 | Coleytown Middle School Westport · Westport School District | Middle | 84.4% | +33.9pp |
| 7 | Middlesex Middle School Darien · Darien School District | Middle | 84.4% | +33.9pp |
| 8 | Walter C. Polson Middle School Madison · Madison School District | Middle | 84.1% | +33.6pp |
| 9 | East Ridge Middle School Ridgefield · Ridgefield School District | Middle | 81.2% | +30.7pp |
| 10 | Hillcrest Middle School Trumbull · Trumbull School District | Middle | 80.8% | +30.3pp |
| 11 | Bedford Middle School Westport · Westport School District | Middle | 80.3% | +29.8pp |
| 12 | Dodd Middle School Cheshire · Cheshire School District | Middle | 79.7% | +29.2pp |
| 13 | Roger Ludlowe Middle School Fairfield · Fairfield School District | Middle | 79.2% | +28.7pp |
| 14 | Helen Keller Middle School Easton · Easton School District | Middle | 78.6% | +28.1pp |
| 15 | Scotts Ridge Middle School Ridgefield · Ridgefield School District | Middle | 77.1% | +26.6pp |
| 16 | A. Baldwin Middle School Guilford · Guilford School District | Middle | 76.4% | +25.9pp |
| 17 | Avon Middle School Avon · Avon School District | Middle | 76.3% | +25.8pp |
| 18 | Gideon Welles School Glastonbury · Glastonbury School District | Middle | 76.0% | +25.5pp |
| 19 | West Woods Upper Elementary School Farmington · Farmington School District | Middle | 76.0% | +25.5pp |
| 20 | Jockey Hollow School Monroe · Monroe School District | Middle | 75.8% | +25.3pp |
| 21 | Irving A. Robbins Middle School Farmington · Farmington School District | Middle | 75.7% | +25.2pp |
| 22 | Albert D. Griswold Middle School Rocky Hill · Rocky Hill School District | Middle | 75.6% | +25.1pp |
| 23 | Henry James Memorial School Simsbury · Simsbury School District | Middle | 75.5% | +25.0pp |
| 24 | Capt. Nathan Hale School Coventry · Coventry School District | Middle | 75.4% | +24.9pp |
| 25 | Smith Middle School Glastonbury · Glastonbury School District | Middle | 74.9% | +24.4pp |
| 26 | E. C. Adams Middle School Guilford · Guilford School District | Middle | 74.7% | +24.2pp |
| 27 | East Granby Middle School East Granby · East Granby School District | Middle | 74.0% | +23.5pp |
| 28 | Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School Old Lyme · Regional School District 18 | Middle | 73.7% | +23.2pp |
| 29 | Old Saybrook Middle School Old Saybrook · Old Saybrook School District | Middle | 73.6% | +23.1pp |
| 30 | John Read Middle School Redding · Redding School District | Middle | 73.2% | +22.7pp |
| 31 | Central Middle School Greenwich · Greenwich School District | Middle | 73.1% | +22.6pp |
| 32 | Stonington Middle School Pawcatuck · Stonington School District | Middle | 73.1% | +22.6pp |
| 33 | Haddam-Killingworth Middle School Killingworth · Regional School District 17 | Middle | 72.8% | +22.3pp |
| 34 | Thompson Brook School Avon · Avon School District | Middle | 72.5% | +22.0pp |
| 35 | Granby Memorial Middle School Granby · Granby School District | Middle | 71.6% | +21.1pp |
| 36 | Plumb Hill Middle School Litchfield · Regional School District 20 | Middle | 71.2% | +20.7pp |
| 37 | Reed Intermediate School Newtown · Newtown School District | Middle | 71.1% | +20.6pp |
| 38 | Madison Middle School Trumbull · Trumbull School District | Middle | 71.0% | +20.5pp |
| 39 | Joseph A. Depaolo Middle School Southington · Southington School District | Middle | 69.8% | +19.3pp |
| 40 | Ellington Middle School Ellington · Ellington School District | Middle | 69.6% | +19.1pp |
| 41 | New Fairfield Middle School New Fairfield · New Fairfield School District | Middle | 69.2% | +18.7pp |
| 42 | Lebanon Middle School Lebanon · Lebanon School District | Middle | 68.9% | +18.4pp |
| 43 | Western Middle School Greenwich · Greenwich School District | Middle | 68.9% | +18.4pp |
| 44 | Timothy Edwards School South Windsor · South Windsor School District | Middle | 68.8% | +18.3pp |
| 45 | Tolland Middle School Tolland · Tolland School District | Middle | 68.7% | +18.2pp |
| 46 | Canton Intermediate School Canton · Canton School District | Middle | 68.5% | +18.0pp |
| 47 | Canton Middle School Canton · Canton School District | Middle | 68.0% | +17.5pp |
| 48 | John F. Kennedy Middle School Plantsville · Southington School District | Middle | 67.9% | +17.4pp |
| 49 | Mansfield Middle School Storrs · Mansfield School District | Middle | 67.8% | +17.3pp |
| 50 | Newtown Middle School Newtown · Newtown School District | Middle | 67.8% | +17.3pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the CT Smarter Balanced % Met or Exceeded Standard threshold on the latest available CT Smarter Balanced English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Connecticut, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.