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Schools in Sail Harbor

Sail Harbor’s public schools

New Fairfield School District and Sherman School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sail Harbor. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools above Connecticut’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Connecticut’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
66%
2021–22
Math proficiency
60%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$25.4K
▼ 2% vs CT $25.9K
FY2024 · New Fairfield
Students per teacher
11.1
CT 12.2 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,868 students on the public path
In brief

Sail Harbor’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Sail Harbor’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Connecticut’s 920 public schools. New Fairfield High School places highest (better than 83%); New Fairfield Elementary School lowest (66%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Sail Harbor, graded from B+ to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one high school: New Fairfield High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Sail Harbor, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A−
9–12New Fairfield High Schoolin New FairfieldA−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the New Fairfield School District.

Two districts serve Sail Harbor

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

New Fairfield School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 2,103 students, up 26% since 2020–21 · 11.5 per teacher (CT 12.2)
$25,398CT $25,892 · FY2024
A−
Sherman School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 1 schools · 229 students, down 8% since 2020–21 · 8.4 per teacher (CT 12.2)
$37,537CT $25,892 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, New Fairfield School District66%
State average 50.5% · 1089 students tested
Math · PK–12, New Fairfield School District60%
State average 39.8% · 1088 students tested
Reading · PK–8, Sherman School District67%
State average 50.5% · 174 students tested
Math · PK–8, Sherman School District57%
State average 39.8% · 172 students tested

Sail Harbor vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Connecticut towns that share Sail Harbor’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Sail Harbor—New Fairfield PK–12 · Sherman PK–8

Every school in Sail Harbor

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Connecticut’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Sail Harborin other towns
New Fairfield Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · New Fairfield
B+
946 students12:1Rate it →
Sherman School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Sherman
A−
229 students8:1Rate it →
New Fairfield High School
High · Grades 9–12 · New Fairfield
A−
693 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Sail Harbor’s schools

Are Sail Harbor’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Sail Harbor. New Fairfield School District and Sherman School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sail Harbor. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Connecticut’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Sail Harbor in?

New Fairfield School District and Sherman School District.

Where do Sail Harbor kids go to high school?

New Fairfield High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.