Connecticut
Public Middle School In Fairfield Among Top 5 In CT: New Report
Roger Ludlowe Middle School in Fairfield is the fifth-best in the state, and is credited with having a 10:1 student/teacher ratio; 72 percent proficiency in math; and 80 percent proficiency in reading.
U.S. News ranks schools based on “their performance on state-required tests, graduation, and how well they prepare their students for high school.” Click here to read the publication’s methodology.
Roger Ludlowe joins five public elementary schools in Fairfield to be ranked by U.S. News among the state’s best.
The best public middle school in Connecticut is House of Arts Letters and Science Academy in New Britain. Rounding out the top five are Eastern Middle School in Riverside (#2); Saxe Middle School in New Canaan (#3); and Middlebrook School in Wilton (#4).
U.S. News studied publicly available data from the U.S. Department of Education for its ranking, and analyzed 59,128 middle schools throughout the country for the report.
For more information on U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of top public middle schools, click here.
BURLINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A woman is dead after police said she was involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Friday in Burlington.
According to Connecticut State Police, a Toyota RAV4 and Peterbuilt 386 tractor-trailer collided head-on on Route 4 near Punch Brook Road at around 4:49 p.m. on Friday.
The driver of the Toyota, identified as 64-year-old Mary Christine Ferland of Burlington, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured, according to state police. No one else was in either vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash is still under investigation by state police, anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Brew at 860-626-7900.
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