Julian Curtiss School vs North Street School

North Street School holds a clear edge in overall rating — 9.3 out of 10 against Julian Curtiss School's 8.9 — but the state rank gap tells a sharper story: North Street School sits at #18 of 990 Connecticut elementary schools while Julian Curtiss School ranks #52. Both scores reflect strong schools, yet North Street's position in the top 2% of the state separates it meaningfully from a school that is itself well above average. The two campuses sit 1.8 miles apart in Greenwich, serving the same PK–05 grade span.

Academically, the delta is concrete: North Street School scores 9.5 out of 10 versus Julian Curtiss School's 8.5, a full point difference that tracks with the state rank gap. Growth is the one dimension where the schools are identical — both earn an 8.9 out of 10 growth score — meaning students at Julian Curtiss School are advancing at the same pace as their North Street peers even if the academic baseline is lower. For families prioritizing year-over-year improvement over absolute attainment, that parity is significant.

The demographic split between the two schools is the starkest contrast in the dataset. Julian Curtiss School's free and reduced-price lunch rate is 42%, compared to just 3% at North Street School — a 39-point gap that reflects meaningfully different student populations within the same zip codes. Julian Curtiss School also enrolls 246 students against North Street School's 396, and its student-teacher ratio is 8.5:1 versus 12.8:1 at North Street. That smaller ratio at Julian Curtiss translates to roughly one additional adult per classroom compared to North Street.

Both schools cover identical grade bands — prekindergarten through fifth grade — so program structure and transition points are equivalent. The practical differentiator for most families will be the combination of North Street School's higher academic score and top-20 state ranking weighed against Julian Curtiss School's substantially lower student-teacher ratio and a more socioeconomically diverse student body.