Middle · Connecticut

Sunset Ridge Middle School

Free meals for all

Sunset Ridge Middle School, a public middle school in East Hartford, Connecticut: grades 6–8, 334 students, 11.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of East Hartford 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
334
Teachers (FTE)
28.7
Students per teacher
11.6
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 62% 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

Smaller than 78% of middle schools in Connecticut

Median 498 · 178 schools compared

Smaller than 71% 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%

61%proficient

−0.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 56% of middle schools in Connecticut

Median 57% · 177 middle schools compared

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

Math

Connecticut: 46%

57%proficient

+4.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 62% of middle schools in Connecticut

Median 50% · 178 middle schools compared

330 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 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Small city

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

Location

Address
450 Forbes St., East Hartford, CT 06118
Phone
(860)622-5800
City or town
East Hartford

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
East Hartford Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–897111.532%21%
6–866911.731%17%
6–887513.175%71%
Betances STEM Magnet SchoolFree meals for all
5–820612.936%25%
Burr Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–825914.47.8%3.6%
Elisabeth M. Bennet AcademyFree meals for all
5–886411.037%31%

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.

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.

Sources

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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