Ellington, Somers Schools Ranked Among Top 100 in Connecticut

Editor’s note: We published this story earlier in the week, but here it is again in case you missed it.

There is seemingly a list for everything.

We’ve seen rankings regarding the best high schools in the country and the state, and more recently the top elementary schools in Connecticut and the United States.

So it was only a matter of time before we’d see a ranking of the top middle schools in the state of Connecticut.

And Niche.com recently did just that as it ranked the top middle schools in the county and the top 100 middle schools in Connecticut.

Niche says it ranked 19,710 middle schools nationwide based on key student statistics and 4.6 million opinions from 280,000 students and parents.

In this state, Fairfield County dominates the top 10, monopolizing the top 8 positions as Saxe Middle School in New Canaan was deemed to be No.1, followed by Bedford Middle School in Westport, and East Ridge Middle School in Ridgefield.

The first non-Fairfield County middle school to be ranked was the Henry James Memorial School in Simsbury, which ranked No. 9 overall.

Ellington has one middle school and it landed at No. 50 in Connecticut. Ellington Middle School received an overall A score and 96 percent of students are proficient in reading and math.

Windermere Intermediate School ranked No. 58. It received an overall A- score and 96 percent of students are proficient in reading and math.

Somers also has one middle school and it was ranked No. 78. Mabelle B. Avery Middle School received an overall A- score and 94 percent of students are proficient in reading and math.

To read Niche.com’s full rankings and report, please click here.