Gales Ferry’s public schools score below 57% of Connecticut districts
The public schools Gales Ferry’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 57% of Connecticut’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
The short version on Gales Ferry’s schools
Holds up better next to similar towns
Against all Connecticut districts, Gales Ferry beats only 43%. Against the 109 towns with similar household incomes, it beats 57%. Part of the low grade reflects local incomes rather than the schools alone. How it compares ↓
Average results for less money
Gales Ferry spends 19% less per student than the state average, yet lands near the middle on results. Test scores ↓
Which school depends on your street
With two elementary schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. After that, everyone goes to Ledyard Middle School and Ledyard High School. Ledyard sends its kids to all the same schools. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Gales Ferry compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Connecticut’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Connecticut only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Gales Ferry.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
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Gales Ferry vs. its neighbors
Gales Ferry’s schools rank 2nd of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Connecticut districts.
Every school in Gales Ferry
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Gales Ferry families are saying about school.
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Colleges near Gales Ferry
There’s no college in Gales Ferry, but 7 are within 30 miles. The closest is Connecticut College in New London, 3.1 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Gales Ferry. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Connecticut. Stars are from neighbors.