Best Schools for White Students in Connecticut (2026)

These are the Connecticut public schools where white students scored highest on the state reading and math tests, ranked by the average of the two proficiency rates. Only schools with at least 20 tested white students are included. The list reflects how students in this group perform at each school; it is not a ranking of schools by their demographic makeup.

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Elementary schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Booth Free School Roxbury	95%	95%	34	A+
2	Sherman School Fairfield	92%	92%	201	A
3	South School New Canaan	92%	92%	185	A+
4	Green's Farms School Westport	92%	92%	161	A+
5	The Burnham School Bridgewater	90%	90%	22	A+
6	Washington Primary School Washington Depot	85%	95%	51	A+
7	West District School Unionville	92%	87%	61	A+
8	Tokeneke Elementary School Darien	87%	92%	212	A+
9	Riverside School Riverside	92%	87%	174	A+
10	Monroe Elementary School Monroe	92%	87%	144	C+
11	East School New Canaan	87%	92%	170	A+
12	West School New Canaan	87%	92%	187	A+
13	Coleytown Elementary School Westport	87%	92%	154	A+
14	Ridgebury Elementary School Ridgefield	92%	87%	127	A+
15	Tashua School Trumbull	87%	92%	170	A+
16	Hindley Elementary School Darien	87%	87%	205	A+
17	Old Greenwich School Old Greenwich	87%	87%	168	A+
18	Rowayton School Norwalk	87%	87%	116	B+
19	Scotland Elementary School Ridgefield	92%	82%	140	A
20	Daniels Farm School Trumbull	87%	87%	183	A
21	Norfeldt School West Hartford	92%	82%	101	A+
22	Whiting Lane School West Hartford	92%	82%	70	A+
23	Parkway School Greenwich	87%	87%	93	A+
24	Oakdale School Oakdale	82%	87%	102	A
25	Stepney Elementary School Monroe	87%	82%	170	A

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	House of Arts Letters and Science (HALS) Academy New Britain	98%	87%	62	A+
2	Saxe Middle School New Canaan	90%	87%	1094	A+
3	North Stonington Elementary School North Stonington	82%	92%	153	B
4	Worthington Hooker School New Haven	92%	82%	124	B
5	Middlesex Middle School Darien	85%	85%	939	A
6	STEM Magnet at Annie Fisher School Hartford	95%	75%	54	B
7	Chapman School Cheshire	87%	82%	148	A+
8	Norton School Cheshire	87%	82%	181	A+
9	Kent Center School Kent	92%	77%	111	A+
10	Bedford Middle School Westport	83%	85%	658	B+
11	Eastern Middle School Riverside	87%	80%	609	A+
12	Hillcrest Middle School Trumbull	87%	79%	529	A+
13	Squadron Line School Simsbury	87%	77%	264	A+
14	Central School Simsbury	87%	77%	172	A+
15	Amity Middle School: Bethany Bethany	82%	82%	225	A+
16	Spring Glen School Hamden	82%	82%	158	C+
17	E. C. Adams Middle School Guilford	83%	81%	473	A+
18	Essex Elementary School Centerbrook	87%	77%	158	B
19	Avon Middle School Avon	84%	78%	339	A+
20	Roger Ludlowe Middle School Fairfield	84%	77%	703	B
21	Gideon Welles School Glastonbury	79%	82%	317	A+
22	A. Baldwin Middle School Guilford	83%	77%	406	A+
23	Montessori Magnet at Fisher School Hartford	90%	70%	28	D
24	Highland School Cheshire	82%	77%	333	A
25	Chester Elementary School Chester	82%	77%	87	A+

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Center for Global Studies Norwalk	90%	90%	24	A+
2	New Canaan High School New Canaan	98%	82%	250	A+
3	University High School of Science and Engineering Hartford	85%	95%	39	A
4	Darien High School Darien	93%	85%	306	A+
5	Ridgefield High School Ridgefield	94%	83%	302	A+
6	Staples High School Westport	95%	80%	365	A+
7	Fairfield Ludlowe High School Fairfield	92%	77%	296	A+
8	Joel Barlow High School Redding	92%	77%	182	A+
9	Conard High School West Hartford	92%	77%	164	A
10	Wilton High School Wilton	92%	77%	236	A+
11	Weston High School Weston	87%	77%	156	A+
12	Masuk High School Monroe	87%	77%	177	A+
13	Engineering - Science University Magnet School West Haven	82%	82%	112	B+
14	Lyme-Old Lyme High School Old Lyme	87%	77%	112	A+
15	Simsbury High School Simsbury	87%	77%	279	A+
16	Hall High School West Hartford	92%	72%	209	A+
17	Greenwich High School Greenwich	90%	73%	429	A
18	Glastonbury High School Glastonbury	86%	76%	354	A+
19	Marine Science Magnet High School Groton	95%	65%	44	A+
20	Tolland High School Tolland	87%	72%	184	A+
21	Newtown High School Sandy Hook	87%	72%	348	A+
22	Daniel Hand High School Madison	87%	72%	248	A+
23	Northwestern Regional High School Winsted	82%	77%	145	A+
24	Avon High School Avon	87%	72%	161	A+
25	Trumbull High School Trumbull	84%	73%	353	A+

Source: U.S. Department of Education EDFacts (state assessment results by student group) via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Small schools report results as ranges; we use the midpoint. Methodology

Best Schools for White Students in Connecticut (2026)

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