Deans Mill School

Stonington, CT 06378

Phone: (860) 535-2235
District: Stonington School District

9

GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades PK,KG,1,2,3,4,5 • 429 students

Deans Mill School, a public school located in Stonington, CT, serves grades PK-5 in the Stonington School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 9 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Deans Mill School is a public school located in Stonington, CT. 429 students attend Deans Mill School.

School Ratings

Category Rating Details
Test Scores 9/10 The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2024 Smarter Balanced Assessment data from Connecticut Department of Education, and using 2024 Connecticut Next Generation Science Standards Assessment data from Connecticut Department of Education.
Student Growth 9/10 The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2024 Percentage of students meeting growth target data from Connecticut Department of Education.

Posted: October 25, 2022

When I was about in 2nd grade one of the classmates was fooling around and got in trouble well let me tell you the rest of the class got in trouble too! we didn’t do anything! This kept happening until 4th grade constantly then I went to middle school.

Posted: October 25, 2022

Posted: October 25, 2022

Posted: October 25, 2022

Posted: October 25, 2022

Posted: October 25, 2022

Posted: October 25, 2022

Posted: October 25, 2022

Posted: February 27, 2018

Tried to work with them for months. The teacher always just tried to turn it around on the child being bullied by the group of mean girls.

Posted: February 27, 2018

Same homework over and over. Rarely any challenge.

Posted: February 27, 2018

They teach the curriculum. That is all.

Posted: February 27, 2018

Mean girl bullies in kindergarten? How even ever heard of that-Deans Mill School.

Posted: February 27, 2018

Principal is totally absent. Never saw her got an email.

Posted: February 27, 2018

Posted: February 27, 2018

We had a terrible experience. Beware if this school.

Posted: June 7, 2015

Posted: June 7, 2015

Posted: June 7, 2015

Posted: June 7, 2015

Not the greatest school! They don't care about your child or make any effort to help a child in need. So dissatisfied with this school.

Posted: April 20, 2015

Great student to teache ratio! Great services for special needs. Fantastic school and fantastic teachers!

Posted: March 19, 2013

We are thinking of sending our daughter to Deans Mill for 1st grade, but what is up with the plywood over the windows? Is the building run down, or are they hiding something?

Posted: June 7, 2012

My daughter went to DMS and she came out of the end of 1st grade not able to read at all. I went to mtgs to advocate strongly. They would not test her for a reading disability, which later on we found to be true. They instead treated her as a throw-away. The SW worked hard, but could not gain the support of the administration to work more than 1.5 hrs per week with her. What a joke! We fought and fought for her. She left 1st gr without knowing how to spell and read simple site words. If you have a child of color and a reading or math disability, then they are overlooked at Dean's Mill. They only pay attention to and reward self starters. The first week of Kindergarten they called my child TOMBOY & TOUGHIE. She was shy and big for her age. She was frozen with fear. And to over come it she slipped into the role they carved out for her. Bad boy. They made her feel Brown = Bad. Fact is my daughter has a reading disability which I fought to overcome and they would not help me. They are completely into Reward the Self Starters, punish the rest., especially if the child is of color.

Posted: March 25, 2009

Posted: October 8, 2008

Reviews provided by GreatSchools™

# Name Type City State Overall Rating Distance
1 Mystic Neighborhood/Subdivision Mystic CT 2 mi
2 Noank Neighborhood/Subdivision Groton CT 4 mi
3 Pawcatuck Neighborhood/Subdivision Pawcatuck CT 4.7 mi
4 The Ledges Apartment Complex Groton CT 6.6 mi
5 Spyglass Condominiums Condominium/Townhouse Groton CT 6.7 mi
6 Gales Ferry Neighborhood/Subdivision Gales Ferry CT 9.5 mi
7 Quaker Hill Neighborhood/Subdivision Quaker Hill CT 10.2 mi
8 Thamesview Apartments Apartment Complex Norwich CT 12.7 mi
9 Cottonwood Lane Neighborhood/Subdivision Montville CT 13.7 mi
10 Toppa Blvd between Bliss/Kay Neighborhood/Subdivision Newport RI 33.7 mi
11 Paradise valley Neighborhood/Subdivision Middletown RI 35.3 mi
12 Slate Hill Farm Neighborhood/Subdivision Middletown RI 35.8 mi
13 Linden Street Neighborhood/Subdivision Bristol RI 40.2 mi
# Name City State Overall Rating Distance
1 Stonington Stonington CT 2 mi
2 Westerly Westerly RI 5 mi
3 Ledyard Ledyard CT 7.4 mi
4 Groton Groton CT 8.1 mi
5 New London New London CT 9.1 mi
6 Waterford Waterford CT 11.1 mi
7 Norwich Norwich CT 13 mi
8 Lisbon Lisbon CT 17 mi
9 Jamestown Jamestown RI 30.3 mi
10 Downtown Newport Newport RI 32.6 mi
11 Middletown Middletown RI 35.1 mi
12 Portsmouth Portsmouth RI 38.6 mi
Refine Search

National Ad
Advertising Homes