Best Elementary Schools in Connecticut

The top 50 elementary schools (grades K-5) in Connecticut, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 68%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Miller-Driscoll School	Wilton, CT	842	62%
2	Cider Mill School	Wilton, CT	770	75%
3	Ralph M. T. Johnson School	Bethel, CT	682	70%
4	Pleasant Valley School	South Windsor, CT	678	69%
5	Fawn Hollow Elementary School	Monroe, CT	664	70%
6	Somers Elementary School	Somers, CT	649	74%
7	Pine Grove School	Avon, CT	643	70%
8	Gallup Hill School	Ledyard, CT	618	67%
9	Samuel Staples Elementary School	Easton, CT	605	75%
10	Long Lots School	Westport, CT	590	75%
11	Birch Grove Primary School	Tolland, CT	568	62%
12	East School	New Canaan, CT	550	65%
13	Lewin G. Joel Jr. School	Clinton, CT	549	63%
14	Huckleberry Hill Elementary School	Brookfield, CT	527	64%
15	Ox Ridge Elementary School	Darien, CT	526	61%
16	Frenchtown Elementary School	Trumbull, CT	525	62%
17	South School	New Canaan, CT	507	75%
18	Eli Terry School	South Windsor, CT	505	71%
19	Daniels Farm School	Trumbull, CT	495	70%
20	North Mianus School	Riverside, CT	492	73%
21	Stepney Elementary School	Monroe, CT	485	65%
22	Roaring Brook School	Avon, CT	483	67%
23	West School	New Canaan, CT	483	61%
24	A. Ward Spaulding School	Suffield, CT	480	68%
25	Coleytown Elementary School	Westport, CT	477	73%
26	Duffy School	West Hartford, CT	475	70%
27	Hopewell School	South Glastonbury, CT	470	67%
28	East Farms School	Farmington, CT	468	73%
29	Rowayton School	Norwalk, CT	468	66%
30	Cherry Brook Primary School	Canton, CT	467	69%
31	Philip R. Smith School	South Windsor, CT	467	69%
32	Hebron Avenue School	Glastonbury, CT	458	63%
33	Meeting House Hill School	New Fairfield, CT	458	65%
34	Weston Intermediate School	Weston, CT	453	77%
35	Tokeneke Elementary School	Darien, CT	447	70%
36	Buttonball Lane School	Glastonbury, CT	442	75%
37	Green's Farms School	Westport, CT	442	62%
38	Osborn Hill School	Fairfield, CT	441	68%
39	Lake Garda Elementary School	Burlington, CT	440	63%
40	Riverside School	Riverside, CT	435	75%
41	Holmes Elementary School	Darien, CT	434	71%
42	Saugatuck Elementary School	Westport, CT	434	68%
43	Oliver Ellsworth School	Windsor, CT	431	62%
44	Thalberg Elementary School	Southington, CT	431	63%
45	McAlister Intermediate School	Suffield, CT	426	70%
46	Tashua School	Trumbull, CT	425	63%
47	Hindley Elementary School	Darien, CT	422	62%
48	Ridge Road Elementary School	North Haven, CT	422	68%
49	Aiken School	West Hartford, CT	415	61%
50	North Stratfield School	Fairfield, CT	411	76%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best elementary school in Connecticut?

The largest elementary school in Connecticut is Miller-Driscoll School in Wilton with 842 students and a 62% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many elementary schools are in Connecticut?

This page shows the top 50 elementary schools (grades K-5) in Connecticut by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.