Best Middle Schools in Connecticut

The top 50 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Connecticut, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 67%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Saxe Middle School	New Canaan, CT	1,315	79%
2	Timothy Edwards School	South Windsor, CT	1,142	69%
3	Middlesex Middle School	Darien, CT	1,068	63%
4	Middlebrook School	Wilton, CT	894	72%
5	Smith Middle School	Glastonbury, CT	853	72%
6	Madison Middle School	Trumbull, CT	786	62%
7	Jockey Hollow School	Monroe, CT	774	69%
8	Hillcrest Middle School	Trumbull, CT	767	64%
9	Bethel Middle School	Bethel, CT	764	62%
10	Fairfield Woods Middle School	Fairfield, CT	743	66%
11	Bedford Middle School	Westport, CT	729	71%
12	Squadron Line School	Simsbury, CT	723	61%
13	John F. Kennedy Middle School	Plantsville, CT	699	62%
14	ACES at Chase	Waterbury, CT	671	62%
15	Har-Bur Middle School	Burlington, CT	653	71%
16	West Woods Upper Elementary School	Farmington, CT	641	68%
17	Albert D. Griswold Middle School	Rocky Hill, CT	633	71%
18	Irving A. Robbins Middle School	Farmington, CT	625	62%
19	Dodd Middle School	Cheshire, CT	622	62%
20	Henry James Memorial School	Simsbury, CT	620	71%
21	Newtown Middle School	Newtown, CT	607	67%
22	John Wallace Middle School	Newington, CT	586	62%
23	Catherine M. McGee Middle School	Berlin, CT	582	68%
24	Dag Hammarskjold Middle School	Wallingford, CT	579	65%
25	Reed Intermediate School	Newtown, CT	577	62%
26	Weston Middle School	Weston, CT	534	70%
27	Scotts Ridge Middle School	Ridgefield, CT	525	74%
28	Avon Middle School	Avon, CT	524	69%
29	Walter C. Polson Middle School	Madison, CT	520	73%
30	Doolittle School	Cheshire, CT	518	63%
31	Leonard J. Tyl Middle School	Oakdale, CT	510	62%
32	Gideon Welles School	Glastonbury, CT	508	72%
33	Central Middle School	Greenwich, CT	506	67%
34	East Ridge Middle School	Ridgefield, CT	495	69%
35	William J. Johnston Middle School	Colchester, CT	477	62%
36	Highcrest School	Wethersfield, CT	476	63%
37	A. Baldwin Middle School	Guilford, CT	468	70%
38	Center School	Ellington, CT	466	71%
39	Coleytown Middle School	Westport, CT	464	66%
40	Elmer Thienes-Mary Hall Elementary School	Marlborough, CT	456	72%
41	Thompson Brook School	Avon, CT	456	74%
42	Latimer Lane School	Weatogue, CT	449	70%
43	Suffield Middle School	Suffield, CT	445	62%
44	Bethany Community School	Bethany, CT	429	74%
45	Oxford Middle School	Oxford, CT	410	65%
46	Memorial Middle School	Middlebury, CT	408	64%
47	Bear Path School	Hamden, CT	406	65%
48	Harborside Middle School	Milford, CT	403	71%
49	Granby Memorial Middle School	Granby, CT	400	72%
50	Haddam-Killingworth Middle School	Killingworth, CT	399	67%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best middle school in Connecticut?

The largest middle school in Connecticut is Saxe Middle School in New Canaan with 1,315 students and a 79% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many middle schools are in Connecticut?

This page shows the top 50 middle schools (grades 6-8) 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.