The 100 Best Middle Schools In Connecticut For 2017: How Does Simsbury Rank?

Five of the nation’s top 100 middle schools are right here in Connecticut, and when it comes to middle schools, Westport is the place to live, according to Niche.com, which crunched the numbers as part of its new school rankings for 2017.

According to Niche.com, Bedford Middle School is ranked the No. 22 middle school in the country, followed by Coleytown Middle School, No. 35, Saxe Middle School, No. 36, Middlesex Middle School, No. 67, and Eastern Middle School, No. 68. Bedford and Coleytown are both in Westport.

Niche.com says it calculated its rankings based on reviews from students and parents along with test scores, student-teacher ratio, teacher quality, diversity and the overall quality of a school district.

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Niche.com also compiled the top 100 middle schools in Connecticut and you can check that list out here:

• 1 Bedford Middle School Westport, CT
• 2 Coleytown Middle School Westport, CT
• 3 Saxe Middle School New Canaan, CT
• 4 Middlesex Middle School Darien, CT
• 5 Eastern Middle School Riverside, CT
• 6 Central Middle School Greenwich, CT
• 7 Thompson Brook School Avon, CT
• 8 Weston Middle School Weston, CT
• 9 Avon Middle School Avon, CT
• 10 Irving A. Robbins Middle School Farmington, CT
• 11 East Ridge Middle School Ridgefield, CT
• 12 Smith Middle School Glastonbury, CT
• 13 Scotts Ridge Middle School Ridgefield, CT
• 14 Middlebrook School Wilton, CT
• 15 Henry James Memorial School Simsbury, CT
• 16 Amity Middle School: Orange Orange, CT
• 17 West Woods Upper Elementary School Farmington, CT
• 18 Amity Middle School: Bethany Bethany, CT
• 19 Western Middle School Greenwich, CT
• 20 Mansfield Middle School School Storrs, CT
• 21 Walter C. Polson Upper Middle School Madison, CT
• 22 E. C. Adams Middle School Guilford, CT
• 23 Roger Ludlowe Middle School Fairfield, CT
• 24 Bristow Middle School West Hartford, CT
• 25 Reed Intermediate School Newtown, CT
• 26 Newtown Middle School Newtown, CT
• 27 King Philip Middle School West Hartford, CT
• 28 Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School Old Lyme, CT
• 29 Fairfield Woods Middle School Fairfield, CT
• 30 A. Baldwin Middle School Guilford, CT
• 31 Dr. Robert H. Brown Middle School Madison, CT
• 32 Timothy Edwards School South Windsor, CT
• 33 Jockey Hollow School Monroe, CT
• 34 Rochambeau Middle School Southbury, CT
• 35 Tomlinson Middle School Fairfield, CT
• 36 Sedgwick Middle School West Hartford, CT
• 37 Dodd Middle School Cheshire, CT
• 38 Westbrook Middle School Westbrook, CT
• 39 John Read Middle School Redding, CT
• 40 Memorial Middle School Middlebury, CT
• 41 Brownstone Intermediate School Portland, CT
• 42 Canton Middle School Canton, CT
• 43 Ellington Middle School Ellington, CT
• 44 Hillcrest Middle School Trumbull, CT
• 45 Madison Middle School Trumbull, CT
• 46 John Winthrop Middle School Deep River, CT
• 47 Albert D. Griswold Middle School Rocky Hill, CT
• 48 Granby Memorial Middle School Granby, CT
• 49 Whisconier Middle School Brookfield, CT
• 50 Suffield Middle School Suffield, CT
• 51 Scofield Middle School Stamford, CT
• 52 East Granby Middle School East Granby, CT
• 53 Windermere Intermediate School Ellington, CT
• 54 Old Saybrook Middle School Old Saybrook, CT
• 55 Portland Middle School Portland, CT
• 56 Rham Middle School Hebron, CT
• 57 Helen Keller Middle School Easton, CT
• 58 Har-Bur Middle School Burlington, CT
• 59 William J. Johnston Middle School Colchester, CT
• 60 Mystic Middle School Mystic, CT
• 61 Haddam-Killingworth Middle School Higganum, CT
• 62 Francis Walsh Intermediate School Branford, CT
• 63 Bethel Middle School Bethel, CT
• 64 Cromwell Middle School Cromwell, CT
• 65 Jared Eliot School Clinton, CT
• 66 Ledyard Middle School Gales Ferry, CT
• 67 John Wallace Middle School Newington, CT
• 68 John F. Kennedy Middle School Plantsville, CT
• 69 Martin Kellogg Middle School Newington, CT
• 70 Joseph A. DePaolo Middle School Southington, CT
• 71 Tolland Middle School Tolland, CT
• 72 Capt. Nathan Hale School Coventry, CT
• 73 Clark Lane Middle School Waterford, CT
• 74 Harborside Middle School Milford, CT
• 75 Intermediate School Shelton, CT
• 76 Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School Moodus, CT
• 77 Northwestern Regional Middle School Winsted, CT
• 78 Pawcatuck Middle School Pawcatuck, CT
• 79 Perry Hill Elementary School Shelton, CT
• 80 Catherine M. McGee Middle School Berlin, CT
• 81 Cloonan School Stamford, CT
• 82 Frank Ward Strong School Durham, CT
• 83 Stafford Middle School Stafford Springs, CT
• 84 New Fairfield Middle School New Fairfield, CT
• 85 Dag Hammarskjold Middle School Wallingford, CT
• 86 East Hampton Middle School East Hampton, CT
• 87 Preston Plains School Preston, CT
• 88 Carl C. Cutler Middle School Mystic, CT
• 89 Middlefield Memorial School Middlefield, CT
• 90 Mabelle B. Avery Middle School Somers, CT
• 91 Turn of River School Stamford, CT
• 92 Woodbury Middle School Woodbury, CT
• 93 Woodstock Middle School Woodstock, CT
• 94 Tyrrell Middle School Wolcott, CT
• 95 Dolan School Stamford, CT
• 96 East Shore Middle School Milford, CT
• 97 Two Rivers Magnet Middle School East Hartford, CT
• 98 House of Arts Letters & Science (HALS) Academy New Britain, CT
• 99 Sage Park Middle School Windsor, CT
• 100 Great Oak School Oxford, CT

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