Weston School Earns Top 40 Spot In New Connecticut Ranking

WESTON, CT — A Weston school is among the 40 best public elementary schools in Connecticut, according to new rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

Weston Intermediate School ranked No. 36 statewide in the publication's 2027 Best Elementary Schools rankings.

The school, part of the Weston School District, serves 478 students in grades three through five, according to U.S. News. Its student-teacher ratio is 13:1.

Riverside School in Greenwich claimed the No. 1 spot in Connecticut, followed by Veterans Park Elementary School in Ridgefield and Bugbee School in West Hartford.

The rankings evaluated approximately 46,000 public elementary schools nationwide using reading and mathematics performance data from state education agencies and the U.S. Department of Education.

For 2027, U.S. News expanded its methodology to incorporate additional state-level data, measuring student performance across all proficiency levels while accounting for student background and achievement on state assessments.

Student-teacher ratios are used to break ties in overall scores.

Schools serving prekindergarten through fifth or sixth grade were included, along with schools serving broader grade ranges. For those schools, only test results through fifth grade were considered.

See the complete list of Connecticut's 100 best public elementary schools on Patch.