Long Meadow Elementary School, Middlebury CT

Original Research by School Decision on Long Meadow Elementary School

Long Meadow Elementary School serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Middlebury, a small residential town north of Waterbury in the Naugatuck Valley region. The school is part of Regional School District 15, a two-town district that also serves nearby Southbury.

The school enrolls a moderate-sized student body across its grade range. About one in eight students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student population is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic, Asian, Black, and multiracial students. Data on students with individualized education plans and English learners was not available.

In state testing, Long Meadow's results fall above the midpoint among districts in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. On the Smarter Balanced Assessment, the school shows mixed performance across grade levels in math and English language arts. Fourth grade stands out with strong proficiency in both subjects, while third and fifth grades sit closer to or just below fifty percent proficiency. Science results for fifth grade could not be disclosed in the state data due to suppression rules, though students participated fully in testing. Overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places the school above median for its county comparison set.

Middlebury itself is a car-dependent suburban town organized around highways and commercial strips rather than a walkable downtown, though it has a historic Green and some in-town walkable neighborhoods with access to restaurants, shops, and the paved Middlebury Greenway trail. Civic anchors include the Town Hall, library, and community center at the Green. Major employers span healthcare, hospitality, and education, with Timex Group headquartered in town. Housing values are above both state and national benchmarks, placing homes in a mid-range for the state; affordability is at a typical ratio for Connecticut.

The district is in transition. In May 2026, voters approved a substantial bond to replace two of the oldest elementary buildings in the district, carrying implications for property taxes going forward. The district is also implementing a competency-based framework called the Portrait of a Learner, which is reshaping curriculum and instruction over a multiyear rollout. Both changes represent lasting shifts in school environment and community investment that families considering the area would want to discuss directly with the school and district.

Long Meadow sits on North Benson Road, separate from the historic town center, as is the pattern for all public schools in Middlebury. The school would fit families drawn to a suburban elementary setting with solid academic performance in a small town that preserves much of its early-town character while experiencing steady residential growth through single-family and 55+ communities.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 355%

School 55% · District 65% · ▼ 10 pts below district

even with state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 469%

School 69% · District 69%

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 557%

School 57% · District 64% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 55% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 470%

School 70% · District 65% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 557%

School 57% · District 64% · ▼ 7 pts below district

even with state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

This schoolRegional School District 15, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.