Best Elementary Schools in Connecticut for White Students

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Every year, the Connecticut Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, White students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Connecticut test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the NGSS and SBAC test scores by the Connecticut Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, August 27, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (White vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 250)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
090153000257	1	Dwight Elementary School	Public	K-5	1600 Redding Rd.	Fairfield	06824	Fairfield County	Fairfield School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 255-8312	231	18	12.9	7.8%	190 (82.3%)	5 (2.2%)	14 (6.1%)	9 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (5.2%)	$22,639							99.6%	98.0%	1.61%
090462000929	2	Daniels Farm School	Public	K-5	710 Daniels Farm Rd.	Trumbull	06611	Fairfield County	Trumbull School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 452-4388	514	33	15.6	9.9%	352 (68.5%)	23 (4.5%)	60 (11.7%)	59 (11.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.5%)	$16,987							99.2%	98.8%	0.41%
090270000533	3	South School	Public	K-4	8 Farm Rd.	New Canaan	06840	Fairfield County	New Canaan School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 594-4313	507	45	11.2		397 (78.3%)	3 (0.6%)	40 (7.9%)	33 (6.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.5%)	$24,613							98.8%	99.4%	0.60%
090270000534	4	West School	Public	PK, KG-4	769 Ponus Ridge	New Canaan	06840	Fairfield County	New Canaan School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 594-4410	499	39	12.8		403 (80.8%)	5 (1.0%)	25 (5.0%)	29 (5.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (7.0%)	$24,226							98.4%	99.0%	0.59%
090492001011	5	Bugbee School	Public	K-5	1943 Asylum Ave.	West Hartford	06117	Hartford County	West Hartford School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 929-5500	365	28	12.9	9.9%	265 (72.6%)	16 (4.4%)	30 (8.2%)	28 (7.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.8%)	$19,083							98.0%	98.2%	0.19%
090270000530	6	East School	Public	K-4	54 Little Brook Rd.	New Canaan	06840	Fairfield County	New Canaan School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 594-4219	570	46	12.2		450 (78.9%)	12 (2.1%)	47 (8.2%)	34 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.7%)	$22,525							97.6%	98.6%	0.99%
090309000658	7	Rowayton School	Public	K-5	1 Roton Avenue	Norwalk	06853	Fairfield County	Norwalk School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 899-2940	435	38	11.4	32.6%	242 (55.6%)	35 (8.0%)	132 (30.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.3%)	$23,028							97.2%	64.4%	32.81%
090171000304	8	North Mianus School	Public	K-5	309 Palmer Hill Rd.	Riverside	06878	Fairfield County	Greenwich School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 637-9730	475	39	12.1	2.3%	303 (63.8%)	2 (0.4%)	62 (13.1%)	70 (14.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.8%)	$23,597							96.8%	99.2%	2.40%
090291001121	9	Head O'Meadow Elementary School	Public	K-4	94 Boggs Hill Rd.	Newtown	06470	Fairfield County	Newtown School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 426-7670	319	28	11.5	9.1%	266 (83.4%)	11 (3.4%)	37 (11.6%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$21,234							96.4%	97.6%	1.19%
090171000308	10	Riverside School	Public	K-5	90 Hendrie Ave.	Riverside	06878	Fairfield County	Greenwich School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 637-1440	473	38	12.5	1.1%	329 (69.6%)	2 (0.4%)	87 (18.4%)	28 (5.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.5%)	$23,458							96.0%	99.8%	3.80%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SBAC English Language Arts, SBAC Mathematics, NGSS Science test scores released by the Connecticut Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 27, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Connecticut Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Connecticut Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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Virtual Schools: The Future of Online Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education.