Find a Community: By Educational Reference Group (DRG)

In 1996, the State Department of Education developed Education Reference Groups (ERGs) to group school districts which have similar socioeconomic characteristics and need in order to compare achievement and expenditures among districts. Connecticut's school districts were divided into nine groups, based upon socioeconomic status, indicators of need and student enrollment data. Indicators such as median family income, education level of parents, parents' occupation, family structure and home language are used to group the districts. School districts were then compared with others in their ERG.

The Department of Education recently reclassified the nine groups into District Reference Groups (DRGs) using updated data, but the same formula used for the ERG classifications. The most affluent and low-need districts are grouped into DRG A, while the poorest and highest need districts are grouped into ERG I.

To read more about this classification system, download the Connecticut Voices for Children report entitled District Reference Groups (DRGs) Formerly Educational Reference Groups (ERGs).

• District Reference Group: A
• District Reference Group: B
• District Reference Group: C
• District Reference Group: D
• District Reference Group: E
• District Reference Group: F
• District Reference Group: G
• District Reference Group: H
• District Reference Group: I

District Reference Group: A

» Darien
» Easton
» New Canaan
» Redding
» Ridgefield
» Weston
» Westport
» Wilton

District Reference Group: B

» Avon
» Brookfield
» Cheshire
» Fairfield
» Farmington
» Glastonbury
» Granby
» Greenwich
» Guilford
» Madison
» Middlebury
» Monroe
» New Fairfield
» Newtown
» Orange
» Simsbury
» South Windsor
» Southbury
» Trumbull
» West Hartford
» Woodbridge

District Reference Group: C

» Andover
» Barkhamsted
» Bethany
» Bethlehem
» Bolton
» Bridgewater
» Burlington
» Canton
» Columbia
» Cornwall
» Durham
» Ellington
» Essex
» Haddam
» Harwinton
» Hebron
» Killingworth
» Lyme
» Mansfield
» Marlborough
» Middlefield
» New Hartford
» Old Lyme
» Oxford
» Pomfret
» Roxbury
» Salem
» Sherman
» Somers
» Suffield
» Tolland
» Washington
» Woodbury

District Reference Group: D

» Berlin
» Bethel
» Branford
» Clinton
» Colchester
» Cromwell
» East Granby
» East Hampton
» East Lyme
» Ledyard
» Milford
» New Milford
» Newington
» North Haven
» Old Saybrook
» Rocky Hill
» Shelton
» Southington
» Stonington
» Wallingford
» Waterford
» Watertown
» Wethersfield
» Windsor

District Reference Group: E

» Ashford
» Beacon Falls
» Bozrah
» Brooklyn
» Canaan
» Chaplin
» Chester
» Colebrook
» Coventry
» Deep River
» East Haddam
» Eastford
» Franklin
» Goshen
» Hampton
» Hartland
» Kent
» Lebanon
» Lisbon
» Litchfield
» Morris
» Norfolk
» North Branford
» North Stonington
» Portland
» Preston
» Prospect
» Salisbury
» Scotland
» Sharon
» Thomaston
» Union
» Warren
» Westbrook
» Willington
» Woodstock

District Reference Group: F

» Canterbury
» East Windsor
» Enfield
» Griswold
» Montville
» North Canaan
» Plainville
» Plymouth
» Seymour
» Sprague
» Stafford
» Sterling
» Thompson
» Voluntown
» Windsor Locks
» Wolcott

District Reference Group: G

» Bloomfield
» Bristol
» East Haven
» Groton
» Hamden
» Killingly
» Manchester
» Middletown
» Naugatuck
» Plainfield
» Putnam
» Stratford
» Torrington
» Vernon
» Winchester

District Reference Group: H

» Ansonia
» Danbury
» Derby
» East Hartford
» Meriden
» Norwalk
» Norwich
» Stamford
» West Haven

District Reference Group: I

» Bridgeport
» Hartford
» New Britain
» New Haven
» New London
» Waterbury
» Windham