NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools CT

Best-Resourced Schools in Middletown, CT

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11 public K-12 schools in Middletown from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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11
Schools
4,785
Students
44.4/100
Avg Resource Index
11.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Middletown has more public-school enrollment than 53% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Middletown sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Middletown's list includes 5 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 3 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 17-point gap between Beman Middle School and Vinal Technical High School shows the range hidden by Middletown's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 47%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
68th percentile
Teacher staffing
89th percentile

Middletown High School accounts for 24.9% of all Middletown public-school enrollment

That concentration means Middletown-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Middletown school enrollment varies 5.6× across entities

Middletown school enrollment ranges from 212 students (lowest) to 1,193 students (highest), a spread of 981 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Middletown student-teacher ratio is 11.9:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Beman Middle School 53
2. Wesley School 53
3. Middletown High School 50
4. Moody School 49
5. Macdonough School 48
6. Snow School 42
7. Bielefield School 41
8. Spencer School 41
9. Farm Hill School 38
10. Lawrence School 37
11. Vinal Technical High School 36

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Middletown

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Spencer School 74.7/100
  2. 2 Snow School 74.6/100
  3. 3 Bielefield School 74.0/100
  4. 4 Middletown High School 73.6/100
  5. 5 Beman Middle School 73.2/100

What do families ask about schools in Middletown?

Which Middletown school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Beman Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Middletown schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Middletown, CT? ▼

Middletown has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,785 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.