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New Lebanon School (Greenwich) – Exemplary High Performing and Achievement Gap Closing

New Lebanon School is one of 11 elementary schools in Greenwich enrolling 363 students in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 5. Nearly 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. New Lebanon’s overall accountability index earned in 2024-25 was 89.3, above the state target of 85 and their highest to date. The school’s performance has been improving steadily in recent years. They earned School of Distinction status for the first time in 2021-22 and repeated their performance in 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Academic achievement and academic growth were particularly strong for New Lebanon School in 2024-25. In terms of academic achievement, the school earned its highest subject performance index scores since 2014-15 in all subjects for all students and students with high needs. Academic growth in mathematics also was the highest to date for all students and students with high needs. On average, students were achieving at least 86% of their growth targets in mathematics.

The accountability system includes a measure of growth toward English language proficiency for English/multilingual learners. About 12% of students at New Lebanon School are English/multilingual learners. Their growth on oral and literacy measures are among the top 2% of schools statewide. Students are on average achieving 84.2% of their oral targets and 96.5% of their literacy targets. These values are also the highest reported to date for this school.

When asked about the school’s success, the district administration noted the principal’s strong instructional leadership coupled with the staff’s intense focus on providing students with highly focused support during the school day while offering extensive arts programming. Everyone in the building feels a great sense of pride in what they do and the students are excited to go to school.

 Governor's full press release