The top reported proficiency rate is 92% in Science. The lowest is 77% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on International School at Dundee
International School at Dundee is a kindergarten-through-fifth-grade public elementary school in Riverside, a quiet, largely affluent residential neighborhood within Greenwich. The school serves a community that is predominantly white, with substantial Asian and Hispanic enrollment, and a small share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is small to mid-sized for its grade band.
Academically, the school shows strong performance on state assessments. In math, students in third grade achieved proficiency at a solid rate, while fourth graders performed somewhat higher. Fifth-grade results were not publicly disclosed, though the average scale score for that grade was reported. In English language arts, third graders met proficiency benchmarks at a respectable rate, while proficiency data for grades four and five were suppressed by the state, likely due to small tested numbers. In science, fifth-grade students showed notably high proficiency, well above typical benchmarks. Across tested subjects and grades where data is available, the school's overall proficiency sits in the top quartile when compared to other schools in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, a meaningful position that reflects solid academic work.
The state testing data available is limited to one school year, so trends over time cannot be assessed. Additionally, data on students receiving special education services and English learners was not available, leaving a gap in the full picture of student population needs.
Riverside itself is a village-like, tree-lined community with a strong commuter-rail connection to New York City via the Metro-North station and a waterfront identity centered on the Mianus River and Long Island Sound. It is built out and expensive, with recent home values well above state and national medians, driven by luxury new-construction single-family homes, though some townhouse and smaller multi-unit projects exist alongside teardowns. The neighborhood reads as quiet and residential, with limited walkability in some areas but a bike-and-pedestrian-friendly character where people do walk children to school. The commercial strip runs along East Putnam Avenue; residents access fuller shopping and dining districts in nearby Old Greenwich or central Greenwich.
The school sits within Greenwich School District, which is undergoing significant change. A new Central Middle School is under construction to replace a building found not to meet current building codes, with opening planned for the 2026-2027 school year. The district has also adopted a state-mandated, Science of Reading-aligned curriculum for early-grade reading instruction. In 2025, budget pressures prompted the Board of Education to consider changes to school start times district-wide, including potential shifts to elementary schedules, a development parents weighing the school would want to monitor.
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