Lakes East’s public schools beat 93% of Connecticut districts
The public schools Lakes East’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 93% of Connecticut’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
The short version on Lakes East’s schools
Strong statewide, typical for its income level
Statewide, Lakes East’s schools beat 93% of districts. Compared with the 66 towns that have similar household incomes, that drops to 62%. Some of the strong showing reflects who lives here, so families moving from a similar town shouldn’t expect a big step up. How it compares ↓
Which school depends on your street
With six elementary and two middle schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. Elementary grades range from A to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school, not just the town. After that, everyone goes to Ridgefield High School. See the path ↓
Well above the state in reading and math
Reading proficiency is 79%, 29 points above the state. Math is 69%, 32 points above the state. Test scores ↓
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 Lakes East 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 Lakes East.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well above the state in reading
Every school in Lakes East
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Lakes East families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Lakes East
There’s no college in Lakes East, but 23 are within 30 miles. The closest is Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, 5.4 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Lakes East. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 13 more within 30 miles.
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.