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Top 100 middle schools in Connecticut (2025)

Schools classified as middle schools by NCES. Ranked by the Success Index (US) from official American data; 100 schools shown.

  1. 1
    97
    Middlesex Middle SchoolDarien · Public Middle85% Math proficiency · 1,043 students
  2. 2
    97
    Bedford Middle SchoolWestport · Public Middle85% Math proficiency · 710 students
  3. 3
    96
    Saxe Middle SchoolNew Canaan · Public Middle87% Math proficiency · 1,271 students
  4. 4
    95
    Coleytown Middle SchoolWestport · Public Middle79% Math proficiency · 484 students
  5. 5
    95
    Roger Ludlowe Middle SchoolFairfield · Public Middle76% Math proficiency · 764 students
  6. 6
    95
    Eastern Middle SchoolRiverside · Public Middle82% Math proficiency · 797 students
  7. 7
    95
    E. C. Adams Middle SchoolGuilford · Public Middle80% Math proficiency · 478 students
  8. 8
    94
    Avon Middle SchoolAvon · Public Middle78% Math proficiency · 461 students
  9. 9
    94
    East Ridge Middle SchoolRidgefield · Public Middle75% Math proficiency · 489 students
  10. 10
    94
    Middlebrook SchoolWilton · Public Middle77% Math proficiency · 852 students
  11. 11
    94
    Amity Middle School: BethanyBethany · Public Middle81% Math proficiency · 373 students
  12. 12
    93
    Helen Keller Middle SchoolEaston · Public Middle73% Math proficiency · 287 students
  13. 13
    93
    Scotts Ridge Middle SchoolRidgefield · Public Middle72% Math proficiency · 548 students
  14. 14
    93
    Amity Middle School: OrangeOrange · Public Middle78% Math proficiency · 380 students
  15. 15
    93
    John Read Middle SchoolRedding · Public Middle73% Math proficiency · 381 students
  16. 16
    93
    A. Baldwin Middle SchoolGuilford · Public Middle76% Math proficiency · 463 students
  17. 17
    92
    Weston Middle SchoolWeston · Public Middle71% Math proficiency · 474 students
  18. 18
    92
    Lyme-Old Lyme Middle SchoolOld Lyme · Public Middle74% Math proficiency · 271 students
  19. 19
    91
    Fairfield Woods Middle SchoolFairfield · Public Middle69% Math proficiency · 715 students
  20. 20
    91
    Gideon Welles SchoolGlastonbury · Public Middle81% Math proficiency · 551 students
  21. 21
    90
    Rochambeau Middle SchoolSouthbury · Public Middle68% Math proficiency · 412 students
  22. 22
    90
    Newtown Middle SchoolNewtown · Public Middle70% Math proficiency · 593 students
  23. 23
    90
    Irving A. Robbins Middle SchoolFarmington · Public Middle73% Math proficiency · 670 students
  24. 24
    90
    Henry James Memorial SchoolSimsbury · Public Middle70% Math proficiency · 685 students
  25. 25
    89
    Central Middle SchoolGreenwich · Public Middle66% Math proficiency · 483 students
  26. 26
    89
    Dodd Middle SchoolCheshire · Public Middle70% Math proficiency · 660 students
  27. 27
    89
    Hillcrest Middle SchoolTrumbull · Public Middle78% Math proficiency · 792 students
  28. 28
    89
    New Fairfield Middle SchoolNew Fairfield · Public Middle65% Math proficiency · 464 students
  29. 29
    89
    Stonington Middle SchoolPawcatuck · Public Middle67% Math proficiency · 366 students
  30. 30
    89
    Old Saybrook Middle SchoolOld Saybrook · Public Middle66% Math proficiency · 307 students
  31. 31
    89
    Smith Middle SchoolGlastonbury · Public Middle71% Math proficiency · 875 students
  32. 32
    89
    Suffield Middle SchoolSuffield · Public Middle65% Math proficiency · 443 students
  33. 33
    88
    Mansfield Middle SchoolStorrs · Public Middle69% Math proficiency · 414 students
  34. 34
    87
    Timothy Edwards SchoolSouth Windsor · Public Middle67% Math proficiency · 1,221 students
  35. 35
    87
    William J. Johnston Middle SchoolColchester · Public Middle69% Math proficiency · 452 students
  36. 36
    87
    Frank Ward Strong SchoolDurham · Public Middle65% Math proficiency · 319 students
  37. 37
    87
    Har-Bur Middle SchoolBurlington · Public Middle67% Math proficiency · 669 students
  38. 38
    87
    Plumb Hill Middle SchoolLitchfield · Public Middle25.6% Free/reduced-price lunch · 351 students
  39. 39
    87
    Canton Intermediate SchoolCanton · Public Middle66% Math proficiency · 333 students
  40. 40
    87
    Capt. Nathan Hale SchoolCoventry · Public Middle62% Math proficiency · 363 students
  41. 41
    86
    Memorial Middle SchoolMiddlebury · Public Middle63% Math proficiency · 420 students
  42. 42
    86
    West Woods Upper Elementary SchoolFarmington · Public Middle68% Math proficiency · 676 students
  43. 43
    86
    Albert D. Griswold Middle SchoolRocky Hill · Public Middle64% Math proficiency · 622 students
  44. 44
    86
    Granby Memorial Middle SchoolGranby · Public Middle61% Math proficiency · 387 students
  45. 45
    86
    Thompson Brook SchoolAvon · Public Middle69% Math proficiency · 497 students
  46. 46
    86
    Jockey Hollow SchoolMonroe · Public Middle67% Math proficiency · 765 students
  47. 47
    85
    North Haven Middle SchoolNorth Haven · Public Middle64% Math proficiency · 752 students
  48. 48
    85
    Whisconier Middle SchoolBrookfield · Public Middle64% Math proficiency · 595 students
  49. 49
    85
    East Granby Middle SchoolEast Granby · Public Middle62% Math proficiency · 218 students
  50. 50
    85
    Haddam-Killingworth Middle SchoolKillingworth · Public Middle58% Math proficiency · 423 students
  51. 51
    84
    Harborside Middle SchoolMilford · Public Middle62% Math proficiency · 400 students
  52. 52
    84
    King Philip Middle SchoolWest Hartford · Public Middle62% Math proficiency · 820 students
  53. 53
    84
    Tomlinson Middle SchoolFairfield · Public Middle63% Math proficiency · 584 students
  54. 54
    84
    Madison Middle SchoolTrumbull · Public Middle70% Math proficiency · 857 students
  55. 55
    84
    Walter C. Polson Middle SchoolMadison · Public Middle61% Math proficiency · 541 students
  56. 56
    84
    East Lyme Middle SchoolNiantic · Public Middle62% Math proficiency · 716 students
  57. 57
    84
    Reed Intermediate SchoolNewtown · Public Middle58% Math proficiency · 583 students
  58. 58
    83
    Canton Middle SchoolCanton · Public Middle67% Math proficiency · 214 students
  59. 59
    83
    Cromwell Middle SchoolCromwell · Public Middle60% Math proficiency · 448 students
  60. 60
    83
    Nathan Hale-Ray Middle SchoolMoodus · Public Middle56% Math proficiency · 346 students
  61. 61
    83
    RHAM Middle SchoolHebron · Public Middle57% Math proficiency · 352 students
  62. 62
    83
    Portland Middle SchoolPortland · Public Middle67% Math proficiency · 214 students
  63. 63
    83
    Bristow Middle SchoolWest Hartford · Public Middle61% Math proficiency · 326 students
  64. 64
    83
    East Shore Middle SchoolMilford · Public Middle57% Math proficiency · 339 students
  65. 65
    82
    Catherine M. McGee Middle SchoolBerlin · Public Middle61% Math proficiency · 595 students
  66. 66
    82
    Oxford Middle SchoolOxford · Public Middle52% Math proficiency · 371 students
  67. 67
    82
    Western Middle SchoolGreenwich · Public Middle61% Math proficiency · 563 students
  68. 68
    82
    Joseph A. Depaolo Middle SchoolSouthington · Public Middle58% Math proficiency · 671 students
  69. 69
    82
    Ellington Middle SchoolEllington · Public Middle59% Math proficiency · 393 students
  70. 70
    82
    Tyrrell Middle SchoolWolcott · Public Middle59% Math proficiency · 498 students
  71. 71
    81
    Clark Lane Middle SchoolWaterford · Public Middle63% Math proficiency · 529 students
  72. 72
    81
    Westbrook Middle SchoolWestbrook · Public Middle65% Math proficiency · 126 students
  73. 73
    81
    Long River Middle SchoolProspect · Public Middle60% Math proficiency · 434 students
  74. 74
    81
    Tolland Middle SchoolTolland · Public Middle58% Math proficiency · 468 students
  75. 75
    81
    Northwestern Regional Middle SchoolWinsted · Public Middle49% Math proficiency · 218 students
  76. 76
    80
    John Winthrop Middle SchoolDeep River · Public Middle58% Math proficiency · 197 students
  77. 77
    79
    John F. Kennedy Middle SchoolPlantsville · Public Middle57% Math proficiency · 659 students
  78. 78
    78
    Perry Hill Elementary SchoolShelton · Public Middle61% Math proficiency · 711 students
  79. 79
    78
    West Shore Middle SchoolMilford · Public Middle57% Math proficiency · 394 students
  80. 80
    78
    Bethel Middle SchoolBethel · Public Middle59% Math proficiency · 758 students
  81. 81
    78
    Silas Deane Middle SchoolWethersfield · Public Middle59% Math proficiency · 546 students
  82. 82
    77
    East Hampton Middle SchoolEast Hampton · Public Middle52% Math proficiency · 411 students
  83. 83
    77
    House of Arts Letters and Science (HALS) AcademyNew Britain · Public Middle87% Math proficiency · 152 students
  84. 84
    76
    Sedgwick Middle SchoolWest Hartford · Public Middle52% Math proficiency · 874 students
  85. 85
    76
    Mabelle B. Avery Middle SchoolSomers · Public Middle51% Math proficiency · 335 students
  86. 86
    76
    Intermediate SchoolShelton · Public Middle57% Math proficiency · 714 students
  87. 87
    75
    Brooklyn Middle SchoolBrooklyn · Public Middle49% Math proficiency · 373 students
  88. 88
    75
    Brownstone Intermediate SchoolPortland · Public Middle60% Math proficiency · 217 students
  89. 89
    75
    Lebanon Middle SchoolLebanon · Public Middle52% Math proficiency · 265 students
  90. 90
    73
    Schaghticoke Middle SchoolNew Milford · Public Middle50% Math proficiency · 791 students
  91. 91
    73
    Jared Eliot SchoolClinton · Public Middle55% Math proficiency · 418 students
  92. 92
    72
    Woodstock Middle SchoolWoodstock · Public Middle45% Math proficiency · 360 students
  93. 93
    72
    Francis Walsh Intermediate SchoolBranford · Public Middle52% Math proficiency · 775 students
  94. 94
    71
    Hall Memorial SchoolWest Willington · Public Middle57% Math proficiency · 167 students
  95. 95
    71
    Preston Plains SchoolPreston · Public Middle52% Math proficiency · 141 students
  96. 96
    71
    North Branford Intermediate SchoolNorth Branford · Public Middle49% Math proficiency · 352 students
  97. 97
    70
    Eli Terry Jr. Middle SchoolTerryville · Public Middle55% Math proficiency · 290 students
  98. 98
    70
    Northeast Middle SchoolBristol · Public Middle52% Math proficiency · 324 students
  99. 99
    70
    Woodbury Middle SchoolWoodbury · Public Middle40% Math proficiency · 300 students
  100. 100
    68
    Scofield Middle SchoolStamford · Public Middle52% Math proficiency · 622 students

Middlesex Middle School in Darien leads the 2025 list of middle schools in Connecticut with a Success Index (US) of 97.4. Of the 100 schools shown, 100 are public.

Scores are percentiles within school type, so a elementary school and a high school with the same score sit at the same point in their own distributions. Use the rankings to build a shortlist, then visit the schools and ask how they support students at your child's level.

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What is the best middle school in Connecticut?

Middlesex Middle School in Darien ranks first among middle schools in Connecticut with a Success Index (US) of 97.4 out of 100 (Enrollment: 1,043).

How are middle schools in Connecticut ranked?

Each school's Success Index (US) combines 4 factors: math proficiency (30%), reading proficiency (30%), community advantage (fewer free/reduced-price lunch) (25%), students per teacher (15%). Each factor is a percentile against schools of the same type across United States. Schools with fewer than 60 students are excluded from rankings.

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