Middle · Connecticut

Reed Intermediate School

Reed Intermediate School, a public middle school in Newtown, Connecticut: grades 5–6, 583 students, 11.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Newtown School District.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 583
Teachers (FTE): 49.8
Students per teacher: 11.7
Grades: 5–6; Middle

More students per teacher than 64% of middle schools in Connecticut

Median 11.1 · 178 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 79% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 62% of middle schools in Connecticut

Median 498 · 178 schools compared

Larger than 56% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Connecticut's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Connecticut: 50%

71%proficient

+2.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 78% of middle schools in Connecticut

Median 57% · 177 middle schools compared

584 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Connecticut: 46%

71%proficient

+5.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 87% of middle schools in Connecticut

Median 50% · 178 middle schools compared

584 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 5–6
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Area: Midsize suburb
Run by: Newtown School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Newtown School District.

Location

Address: 3 Trades Lane, Newtown, CT 06470
Phone: (203)270-4880
County: Western Connecticut Planning Region

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Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Newtown Middle School	7–8	593	10.8	68%	67%	0.8 mi
Jockey Hollow School	6–8	765	13.8	76%	61%	5.1 mi
Whisconier Middle School	5–8	595	11.7	63%	58%	5.2 mi
Rochambeau Middle School	6–8	412	11.7	59%	59%	5.6 mi
Bethel Middle School	6–8	758	13.1	60%	61%	5.6 mi
Oxford Middle School	6–8	371	9.0	67%	49%	7.7 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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