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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Northwestern Regional Middle School Winsted · Regional School District 07 | Middle | 67.6% | +17.1pp |
| 52 | Fairfield Woods Middle School Fairfield · Fairfield School District | Middle | 67.5% | +17.0pp |
| 53 | King Philip Middle School West Hartford · West Hartford School District | Middle | 67.5% | +17.0pp |
| 54 | Cromwell Middle School Cromwell · Cromwell School District | Middle | 67.3% | +16.8pp |
| 55 | Oxford Middle School Oxford · Oxford School District | Middle | 67.3% | +16.8pp |
| 56 | Brownstone Intermediate School Portland · Portland School District | Middle | 67.2% | +16.7pp |
| 57 | Frank Ward Strong School Durham · Regional School District 13 | Middle | 66.9% | +16.4pp |
| 58 | Har-Bur Middle School Burlington · Regional School District 10 | Middle | 66.7% | +16.2pp |
| 59 | Woodbury Middle School Woodbury · Regional School District 14 | Middle | 66.2% | +15.7pp |
| 60 | North Haven Middle School North Haven · North Haven School District | Middle | 65.9% | +15.4pp |
| 61 | East Lyme Middle School Niantic · East Lyme School District | Middle | 65.6% | +15.1pp |
| 62 | Tomlinson Middle School Fairfield · Fairfield School District | Middle | 65.5% | +15.0pp |
| 63 | Suffield Middle School Suffield · Suffield School District | Middle | 65.2% | +14.7pp |
| 64 | Catherine M. McGee Middle School Berlin · Berlin School District | Middle | 63.5% | +13.0pp |
| 65 | Long River Middle School Prospect · Regional School District 16 | Middle | 63.5% | +13.0pp |
| 66 | Whisconier Middle School Brookfield · Brookfield School District | Middle | 63.3% | +12.8pp |
| 67 | John Winthrop Middle School Deep River · Regional School District 04 | Middle | 63.2% | +12.7pp |
| 68 | Bristow Middle School West Hartford · West Hartford School District | Middle | 62.7% | +12.2pp |
| 69 | Sedgwick Middle School West Hartford · West Hartford School District | Middle | 62.2% | +11.7pp |
| 70 | Portland Middle School Portland · Portland School District | Middle | 62.1% | +11.6pp |
| 71 | Harborside Middle School Milford · Milford School District | Middle | 62.0% | +11.5pp |
| 72 | Tyrrell Middle School Wolcott · Wolcott School District | Middle | 61.7% | +11.2pp |
| 73 | John Wallace Middle School Newington · Newington School District | Middle | 61.6% | +11.1pp |
| 74 | RHAM Middle School Hebron · Regional School District 08 | Middle | 61.2% | +10.7pp |
| 75 | Sunset Ridge Middle School East Hartford · East Hartford School District | Middle | 61.2% | +10.7pp |
| 76 | East Hampton Middle School East Hampton · East Hampton School District | Middle | 60.3% | +9.8pp |
| 77 | Northeast Middle School Bristol · Bristol School District | Middle | 60.2% | +9.7pp |
| 78 | Bethel Middle School Bethel · Bethel School District | Middle | 59.6% | +9.1pp |
| 79 | William J. Johnston Middle School Colchester · Colchester School District | Middle | 59.6% | +9.1pp |
| 80 | Rochambeau Middle School Southbury · Regional School District 15 | Middle | 59.2% | +8.7pp |
| 81 | Westbrook Middle School Westbrook · Westbrook School District | Middle | 59.0% | +8.5pp |
| 82 | Silas Deane Middle School Wethersfield · Wethersfield School District | Middle | 58.6% | +8.1pp |
| 83 | Mabelle B. Avery Middle School Somers · Somers School District | Middle | 57.7% | +7.2pp |
| 84 | Preston Plains School Preston · Preston School District | Middle | 57.7% | +7.2pp |
| 85 | East Windsor Middle School Broad Brook · East Windsor School District | Middle | 57.1% | +6.6pp |
| 86 | Edison Middle School Meriden · Meriden School District | Middle | 57.1% | +6.6pp |
| 87 | North Branford Intermediate School North Branford · North Branford School District | Middle | 56.9% | +6.4pp |
| 88 | Woodstock Middle School Woodstock · Woodstock School District | Middle | 56.8% | +6.3pp |
| 89 | Vernon Center Middle School Vernon · Vernon School District | Middle | 56.6% | +6.1pp |
| 90 | West Shore Middle School Milford · Milford School District | Middle | 56.1% | +5.6pp |
| 91 | Perry Hill Elementary School Shelton · Shelton School District | Middle | 55.7% | +5.2pp |
| 92 | Francis Walsh Intermediate School Branford · Branford School District | Middle | 54.6% | +4.1pp |
| 93 | Dr. Helen Baldwin Middle School Canterbury · Canterbury School District | Middle | 54.5% | +4.0pp |
| 94 | Memorial Middle School Middlebury · Regional School District 15 | Middle | 54.4% | +3.9pp |
| 95 | Middle School of Plainville Plainville · Plainville School District | Middle | 54.4% | +3.9pp |
| 96 | Clark Lane Middle School Waterford · Waterford School District | Middle | 53.4% | +2.9pp |
| 97 | Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School Moodus · East Haddam School District | Middle | 53.2% | +2.7pp |
| 98 | Martin Kellogg Middle School Newington · Newington School District | Middle | 51.2% | +0.7pp |
| 99 | Griswold Middle School Griswold · Griswold School District | Middle | 51.1% | +0.6pp |
| 100 | Brooklyn Middle School Brooklyn · Brooklyn School District | Middle | 51.0% | +0.5pp |
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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.