Ellington Middle School Ranked Among The Best In The State

ELLINGTON, CT — Ellington Middle School is among the 100 best in the state. In fact, it's ranked in the top 70.

House of Arts Letters and Science Academy in New Britain is the best public middle school in Connecticut, according to a new ranking from U.S. News & World Report. Ellington Middle School was rankled 68th.

U.S. News researchers based the 2026 ranking of the nation’s best public middle schools on publicly available data from the U.S. Department of Education. The researchers ranked more than 23,000 middle schools in its 2026 report, which was released Tuesday.

The top 100 public middle schools in Connecticut are:

The ranking methodology considered student proficiency in math and reading/language arts state assessments, adjusting for student backgrounds and core subject achievements. In cases of ties, student-teacher ratios were used as a deciding factor.

The rankings are intended as an evaluation tool to give parents a snapshot of how well schools provide a high-quality education and prepare students for a successful future, LaMont Jones, managing editor for Education at U.S. News, said in a news release.