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Schools in Somers · Somers School District

Somers’s public schools outscore 62% of Connecticut districts

Reading proficiency in Somers’s districts is 61%, above the Connecticut average (50%). The grade covers the public school district serving Somers, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Connecticut, not nationally.

#65of 152 Connecticut townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Connecticut state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
61%
▲ 10 pts vs CT 50%
2021–22
Math proficiency
48%
▲ 8 pts vs CT 40%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95–100%
▲ 7–12 pts vs CT 88%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$24.0K
▼ 7% vs CT $25.9K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.4
CT 12.2 · smaller classes
Schools in town
3
1,339 students on the public path
In brief

Somers’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 168 Connecticut towns with household incomes within a quarter of Somers’s, its schools beat 46%, lower than their 62% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Above the state on both counts

Reading proficiency is 61% and math 48% in spring 2022, against 50% and 40% statewide; 95–100% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $23,984 per student, against $25,892 across Connecticut (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

One elementary school, then one middle and one high school

From grade 6 the district’s path is Mabelle B. Avery Middle School, then Somers 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.

The School Grade

What’s behind Somers’s grade

B− Test scoresA− Graduation

B: better than 62% of Connecticut school districts, #65 of 152 Connecticut towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Connecticut average; graduation is the stronger of the two.

Connecticut school districts we grade (199)Better than 62%
Lower resultsHigher results
Connecticut towns with similar household incomes (168)Better than 46%
B−B+A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 670 test results and a graduating class of 113 could put Somers anywhere from B− to B+. The tests are from spring 2022, when 98% of Somers’s students in the tested grades sat them (670 in math, 670 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Somers, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Somers Elementary SchoolSomers School DistrictB
6–8Mabelle B. Avery Middle SchoolSomers School DistrictB+
9–12Somers High SchoolSomers School DistrictA−

Somers’s public schools are run by Somers School District. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

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

Somers School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,339 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 10.4 per teacher (CT 12.2)
$23,984CT $25,892 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading61%
State average 50.5% · 670 students tested
Math48%
State average 39.8% · 670 students tested

Somers vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
SomersBSomers
EnfieldCEnfield
StaffordC+Stafford
EllingtonB+Ellington

Every school in Somers

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).

District schools in Somersby address
Somers Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5
B
645 students12:1Rate it →
Mabelle B. Avery Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8
B+
335 students11:1Rate it →
Somers High School
High · Grades 9–12
A−
359 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Somers’s schools

Are Somers’s schools good?

They sit near the middle of Connecticut: the public schools Somers children attend outscore 62% of Connecticut’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B Schools grade, #65 of 152 Connecticut towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 46%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Somers in?

Somers School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 1,339 students in 3 schools (2024–25).

Where do Somers kids go to high school?

Somers High School, with 359 students; its own test results earn an A−.

What is Somers’s graduation rate?

95–100% of the class of 2023 in Somers School District graduated in four years, against 88% across Connecticut.

How much does Somers spend per student?

$23,984 in Somers School District (FY2024), against $25,892 across Connecticut. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Connecticut. Stars are from neighbors.