These Are The 50 Best Elementary Schools In CT: U.S. News

CONNECTICUT — West School in New Canaan is the best public elementary school in Connecticut, according to a new ranking from U.S. News & World Report.

U.S. News researchers based the 2025 ranking of the nation’s best public elementary schools on publicly available data from the U.S. Department of Education. Elementary schools are considered K-6 in the analysis.

The top 50 public elementary schools in Connecticut are:

The methodology for the rankings focused on state assessments of students who were proficient or above proficient in math and reading/language arts, while also accounting for students’ background and their achievements in core subjects. Student-teacher ratios were applied to break ties.

At the No.1 ranked West School, 92 percent of students scored at or above the proficient level for math, and 92 percent scored at or above that level for reading.

The rankings are intended as an evaluation tool to inform parents on how well schools are doing at providing high-equality education and providing students for a successful future, LaMont Jones, managing editor for Education at U.S. News, said in a news release.