New Lebanon School vs North Street School

New Lebanon School and North Street School are both Greenwich, Connecticut elementary schools serving grades PK–05, separated by 4.4 miles, but they sit at markedly different positions in Connecticut's rankings. North Street School holds an overall rating of 9.3/10 and ranks #18 of 990 Connecticut schools, while New Lebanon School earns a 8.6/10 and ranks #89 of 990 — a 0.7-point overall gap that translates to a significant difference in statewide standing. North Street's #18 rank places it among the top 2% of elementary schools in the state; New Lebanon's #89 still puts it in the top 10%, meaning both schools clear a high bar, but the separation between them is real.

The sharpest performance delta falls in academics. North Street School's academic score of 9.5/10 outpaces New Lebanon School's 7.7/10 by 1.8 points — the largest gap between the two schools across any scored dimension. Growth tells a different story entirely: both schools post an identical growth score of 8.9/10, indicating that students at New Lebanon are advancing at the same rate as their peers at North Street year over year. For families who weight progress velocity alongside absolute proficiency, that parity matters.

The demographic profiles of the two schools diverge sharply. New Lebanon School's free and reduced lunch rate is 58%, compared to 3% at North Street School — a gap that reflects fundamentally different student populations and likely different resource environments. New Lebanon also runs a considerably lower student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1 against North Street's 12.8:1, meaning New Lebanon students receive significantly more individual teacher attention per capita despite serving a higher-need population. Enrollment is comparable: 342 at New Lebanon versus 396 at North Street.

Both schools serve the identical grade band of PK through 5th grade, so families with children at any elementary age will find a full program at either campus. The structural difference is in classroom density: at New Lebanon, roughly one fewer student per teacher compared to the 12.8:1 ratio at North Street translates to meaningfully smaller instructional groups across every grade level.