Madison's 2 Middle Schools Ranked Among Best In CT: New Report

MADISON, CT — Madison's two public middle schools are among the top 50 in Connecticut for 2025, according to a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report.

Dr. Robert H. Brown Intermediate School is ranked #17, and Walter C. Polson Middle School came in at #47.

U.S. News ranks schools based on "their performance on state-required tests, graduation, and how well they prepare their students for high school." Click here to read the publication's methodology.

The publication studied publicly available data from the U.S. Department of Education for its ranking, and analyzed 59,128 middle schools throughout the country for the report.

The best public middle school in Connecticut is House of Arts Letters and Science Academy in New Britain. Rounding out the top five are Eastern Middle School in Riverside (#2); Saxe Middle School in New Canaan (#3); Middlebrook School in Wilton (#4) and Roger Ludlowe Middle School in Fairfield (#5).

For more information on U.S. News & World Report's ranking of top public middle schools, click here.