Vernon's Lake Street School Cracks Top 60 In U.S. News Ranking

VERNON, CT — Lake Street School in Vernon has cracked the top 60 in a new scholastic ranking chart released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

The report rated 560 elementary and 288 middle schools in Connecticut.

For the inaugural list, U.S. News published rankings and data on more than 80,000 public elementary and middle schools across the United States.

Schools are ranked at the state and district levels. The best charter schools and best magnet schools ranked as stand-alone categories.

U.S. News ranked Booth Free School as the highest in the state among elementary schools in Connecticut, according to the new list.

Here's a look at how elementary schools across Connecticut compared with each other:

1. Booth Free School. Regional School District 12, Roxbury
2. South School, New Canaan School District, New Canaan
3. Stamford Charter School for Excellence, Stamford Charter School For Excellence District, Stamford
4. Riverside School, Greenwich School District, Riverside
5. Sherman School, Fairfield School District, Fairfield
6. Monroe Elementary School, Monroe School District, Monroe
7. Ridgebury Elementary School, Ridgefield School District, Ridgefield
8. Greens Farms School, Westport School District, Westport
9. Daniels Farm School Trumbull School District, Trumbull,
10. West District School, Farmington School District, Unionville
11. Norton School, Cheshire School District, Cheshire
12. Dorothy C. Goodwin School, Mansfield School District, Storrs
13. North Mianus School, Greenwich School District, Riverside
14. Washington Primary School, Regional School District 12, Washington Depot
15. Noah Wallace School, Farmington School District, Farmington
16. Tashua School, Trumbull School District, Trumbull
17. Scotland Elementary School, Ridgefield School District, Ridgefield
18. Norfeldt School, West Hartford School District, West Hartford
19. Mile Creek School, Regional School District 18, Old Lyme
20. Tokeneke Elementary School, Darien School District, Darien
21. Old Greenwich School, Greenwich School District, Old Greenwich
22. Orchard Hill School, South Windsor School District, South Windsor
23. Lyme Consolidated School, Regional School District 18, Lyme
24. Frisbie School, Wolcott School District, Wolcott
25. Edith E. Mackrille School, West Haven School District, West Haven
26. Niantic Center School, East Lyme School District, Niantic
27. East School, New Canaan School District, New Canaan
28. Hebron Avenue School, Glastonbury School District, Glastonbury
29. Coleytown Elementary School, Westport School District, Westport
30. West School, New Canaan School District, New Canaan
31. North Stonington Elementary School, North Stonington School District, North Stonington
32. Oakdale School, Montville School District, Oakdale
33. Salem Elementary School, Salem School District, Salem
34. Hindley Elementary School, Darien School District, Darien
35. Parkway School, Greenwich School District, Greenwich
36. Gainfield Elementary School, Regional School District 15, Southbury
37. North Street School, Greenwich School District, Greenwich
38. Farmingville Elementary School, Ridgefield School District, Ridgefield
39. Stepney Elementary School, Monroe School District, Monroe
40. Holmes Elementary School, Darien School District, Darien
41. International School at Dundee, Greenwich School District, Riverside
42. Fawn Hollow Elementary School, Monroe School District, Monroe
43. Riverfield School, Fairfield School District, Fairfield
44. Barlow Mountain Elementary School, Ridgefield School District, Ridgefield
45. Middlebrook School, Trumbull School District, Trumbull
46. Ox Ridge Elementary School, Darien School District, Darien
47. Great Neck Elementary School, Waterford School District, Waterford
48. Chapman School, Cheshire School District, Cheshire
49. Guilford Lakes School, Guilford School District, Guilford
50. Long Lots School, Westport School District, Westport
51. Lillie B. Haynes School, East Lyme School District, Niantic
52. Central School, Simsbury School District, Simsbury
53. King's Highway Elementary School, Westport School District, Westport
54. East Farms School, Farmington School District, Farmington
55. Whiting Lane School, West Hartford School District, West Hartford
56. Saugatuck Elementary School, Westport School District, Westport
57. Kathleen H. Ryerson Elementary School, Madison School District, Madison
58. Western Ct Academy of International Studies Elementary Magne, Danbury School District, Danbury
59. Jane Ryan School, Trumbull School District, Trumbull
60. Lake Street School, Vernon School District, Vernon

See the full report on the U.S. News report here.