5 Simsbury Elementary Schools Among State's Top 100

SIMSBURY, CT — If you’re planning on having kids or already have young children, the quality of an elementary school is likely very important to you. A newly released list should help in knowing where the best public schools in Connecticut are located.

Niche.com has compiled its top 100 public elementary schools for 2017 using data from the U.S. Department of Education along with student and parent feedback.

Some of the data includes state test scores, student-teacher ratio, diversity, teacher quality, and the overall quality of the school district, according to Niche.com.

In looking at the top 100 public schools in Connecticut, a couple of trends are very obvious. If you can swing it financially, Fairfield and Hartford counties score very well, especially Westport, New Canaan, Greenwich, Darien, Ridgefield, Glastonbury, Simsbury, Farmington, and West Hartford.

In nationwide rankings of the top 100 public schools in America, Connecticut does very well and nine schools crack that list.

Green’s Farms School in Westport ranks No. 32, followed by the West School at No. 42, Long Lots School, No. 51, South School, No. 53, King’s Highway Elementary School, No. 66, Coleytown Elementary School, No. 70, East School, No. 71, Saugatuck Elementary School, No. 78, and International School at Dundee, No. 95.

Here are the rankings of the Top 100 Public High Schools in Connecticut:

• 1 Green's Farms School Westport, CT
• 2 West School New Canaan, CT
• 3 Long Lots School Westport, CT
• 4 South School New Canaan, CT
• 5 King's Highway Elementary School Westport, CT
• 6 Coleytown Elementary School Westport, CT
• 7 East School New Canaan, CT
• 8 Saugatuck Elementary School Westport, CT
• 9 International School at Dundee Greenwich, CT
• 10 North Street School Greenwich, CT
• 11 Riverside School Riverside, CT
• 12 North Mianus School Riverside, CT
• 13 Parkway School Greenwich, CT
• 14 Eastbury School Glastonbury, CT
• 15 Old Greenwich School Old Greenwich, CT
• 16 Hebron Avenue School Glastonbury, CT
• 17 Central School Simsbury, CT
• 18 Weston Intermediate School Weston, CT
• 19 Holmes Elementary School Darien, CT
• 19 Hopewell School Glastonbury, CT
• 21 East Farms School Farmington, CT
• 22 Nayaug Elementary School South Glastonbury, CT
• 23 Pine Grove School Avon, CT
• 24 Tootin' Hills School West Simsbury, CT
• 25 Hindley Elementary School Darien, CT
• 26 Glenville School Greenwich, CT
• 27 Tokeneke Elementary School Darien, CT
• 28 Roaring Brook School Avon, CT
• 29 Ox Ridge Elementary School Darien, CT
• 30 Squadron Line School Simsbury, CT
• 31 Scotland Elementary School Ridgefield, CT
• 32 Buttonball Lane School Glastonbury, CT
• 33 Barlow Mountain Elementary School Ridgefield, CT
• 34 Branchville Elementary School Ridgefield, CT
• 35 Ridgebury Elementary School Ridgefield, CT
• 36 Tariffville School Tariffville, CT
• 37 Latimer Lane School Weatogue, CT
• 38 Farmingville Elementary School Ridgefield, CT
• 39 Royle Elementary School Darien, CT
• 40 Center School Old Lyme, CT
• 41 Mile Creek School Old Lyme, CT
• 42 Naubuc School Glastonbury, CT
• 43 Kathleen H. Ryerson Elementary School Madison, CT
• 44 Cos Cob School Cos Cob, CT
• 45 Julian Curtiss School Greenwich, CT
• 46 Veterans Park Elementary School Ridgefield, CT
• 47 Salisbury Central School Lakeville, CT
• 48 Island Avenue Elementary School Madison, CT
• 49 Kent Center School Kent, CT
• 50 Bugbee School West Hartford, CT
• 51 West District School Unionville, CT
• 52 Lyme Consolidated School Lyme, CT
• 53 Annie E. Vinton School Mansfield Center, CT
• 54 Stepney Elementary School Monroe, CT
• 55 Union School Unionville, CT
• 56 Whiting Lane School West Hartford, CT
• 57 Monroe Elementary School Monroe, CT
• 58 New Lebanon School Greenwich, CT
• 59 Sherman School Fairfield, CT
• 60 Fawn Hollow Elementary School Monroe, CT
• 61 Braeburn School West Hartford, CT
• 62 Head O'Meadow Elementary School Newtown, CT
• 63 Southeast Elementary School Mansfield Center, CT
• 64 Calvin Leete School Guilford, CT
• 65 Cider Mill School Wilton, CT
• 66 J. Milton Jeffrey Elementary School Madison, CT
• 67 Chester Elementary School Chester, CT
• 68 Noah Wallace School Farmington, CT
• 69 Lillie B. Haynes School Niantic, CT
• 70 Norfeldt School West Hartford, CT
• 71 Flanders School East Lyme, CT
• 72 Melissa Jones School Guilford, CT
• 73 Niantic Center School Niantic, CT
• 74 Burr Elementary School Fairfield, CT
• 75 Smith School West Hartford, CT
• 76 Orchard Hill School South Windsor, CT
• 77 Dorothy C. Goodwin School Storrs, CT
• 78 Dwight Elementary School Fairfield, CT
• 79 Frenchtown Elementary School Trumbull, CT
• 80 Guilford Lakes School Guilford, CT
• 81 Jane Ryan School Trumbull, CT
• 82 Aiken School West Hartford, CT
• 83 Osborn Hill School Fairfield, CT
• 84 Hamilton Avenue School Greenwich, CT
• 85 Riverfield School Fairfield, CT
• 86 Redding Elementary School Redding, CT
• 87 Duffy School West Hartford, CT
• 88 Wolcott School West Hartford, CT
• 89 Middle Gate Elementary School Newtown, CT
• 90 Morley School West Hartford, CT
• 91 Turkey Hill School Orange, CT
• 92 Long Meadow Elementary School Middlebury, CT
• 93 Daniels Farm School Trumbull, CT
• 94 North Stratfield School Fairfield, CT
• 95 Hawley Elementary School Newtown, CT
• 96 Wapping Elementary School South Windsor, CT
• 97 Peck Place School Orange, CT
• 98 Philip R. Smith School South Windsor, CT
• 99 Andover Elementary School Andover, CT
• 100 Gainfield Elementary School Southbury, CT

Written by Brian McCready (Patch Staff)

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