Northford’s public schools score below 58% of Connecticut districts
The public schools Northford’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 58% of Connecticut’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
How Northford 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.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Above the state in reading
Northford vs. its neighbors
Northford’s schools rank 5th of 7 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Connecticut districts.
Parents talk
What Northford families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Northford
There’s no college in Northford, but 22 are within 30 miles. The closest is Quinnipiac University in Hamden, 6 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Northford. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 12 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.