CONNECTICUT — Several Connecticut schools are among the best public schools in America, according to new rankings from the education platform Niche.
Niche’s 2024 Best Schools and Districts rankings include data on 94,058 public schools, 30,809 private schools and 12,192 school districts.
This year’s rankings include 7,375 newly ranked public schools. Below are the top 25 public high schools in Connecticut, according to Niche:
- New Canaan High School, New Canaan
- Staples High School, Westport
- Wilton High School, Wilton
- Greenwich High School, Greenwich
- Darien High School, Darien
- Center for Global Studies, Norwalk
- Avon High School, Avon
- Conard High School, West Hartford
- Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury
- Marine Science Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut, Groton
- Weston High School, Weston
- Farmington High School, Farmington
- Fairfield Warde High School, Fairfield
- Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield
- Daniel Hand High School, Madison
- The Academy of Information Technology & Engineering, Stamford
- Hall High School, West Hartford
- Simsbury High School, Simsbury
- Guilford High School, Guilford
- East Lyme High School, East Lyme
- Fairfield Ludlowe High School, Fairfield
- Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy, East Hartford
- Cheshire High School, Cheshire
- Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge
- Joel Barlow High School, Redding
You can view the full rankings here.
In addition to ranking No. 1 overall in Connecticut, New Canaan High School also ranked No. 100 out of 21,129 schools in the country for athletes.
Niche said its rankings, now in the ninth year, differ from others that rely almost exclusively on test scores and academic performance in that it also includes input from students, alumni and parents, as well as quantitative data from sources such as the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate teachers, resources and facilities.
The company said its rankings were created to provide families with valuable information — both quantitative and qualitative — on schools in their area or in a neighborhood they’re not familiar with yet.
As in previous years, the Best Schools rankings include categories for boarding, charter and magnet schools as well as schools for STEM and the arts among many others.
Please click here or on the image below to view New Canaan High School's full Niche.com profile.
