Best High Schools in Connecticut

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 145)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
090270000531	1	New Canaan High School	Public	8-12	11 Farm Rd.	New Canaan	06840	Fairfield County	New Canaan School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 594-4600	1,294	106	12.2	0.2%	1,056 (81.6%)	11 (0.9%)	84 (6.5%)	91 (7.0%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (3.6%)	$25,690							96.7	96.9	1
090501001046	2	Weston High School	Public	9-12	115 School Rd.	Weston	06883	Fairfield County	Weston School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 221-6500	722	65	11	1.0%	583 (80.7%)	9 (1.2%)	51 (7.1%)	35 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (6.1%)	$27,573							96.5	96.2	3	1
090504001058	3	Staples High School	Public	9-12	70 North Ave.	Westport	06880	Fairfield County	Westport School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 341-1210	1,686	175	9.6	2.2%	1,325 (78.6%)	31 (1.8%)	116 (6.9%)	103 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	110 (6.5%)	$24,681							96.3	93.1	6	3
090378000773	4	Joel Barlow High School	Public	9-12	100 Black Rock Tpke.	Redding	06896	Fairfield County	Regional School District 09	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 938-2508	768	67	11.4	11.7%	627 (81.6%)	13 (1.7%)	63 (8.2%)	35 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (3.9%)	$28,715							96.3	96.5	2	2
090411000813	5	Simsbury High School	Public	9-12	34 Farms Village Rd.	Simsbury	06070	Hartford County	Simsbury School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 658-0451	1,217	100	12.1	14.1%	874 (71.8%)	65 (5.3%)	129 (10.6%)	88 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (4.6%)	$21,764							95.4	92.1	10	5
090105000164	6	Darien High School	Public	9-12	80 High School Ln.	Darien	06820	Fairfield County	Darien School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 655-3981	1,415	125	11.3	1.7%	1,171 (82.8%)	14 (1.0%)	109 (7.7%)	82 (5.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (2.5%)	$24,718							95.3	95	4	2
090354000763	7	Lyme-Old Lyme High School	Public	9-12	69 Lyme St.	Old Lyme	06371	New London County	Regional School District 18	No	No	No	No	(860) 434-1651	407	44	9.1	11.8%	342 (84.0%)	4 (1.0%)	31 (7.6%)	16 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)	$26,546							93.5	92.8	8	1
090228000411	8	Daniel Hand High School	Public	9-12	286 Green Hill Rd.	Madison	06443	New Haven County	Madison School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 245-6350	828	87	9.5	4.7%	696 (84.1%)	8 (1.0%)	50 (6.0%)	27 (3.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (5.1%)	$25,318							91.8	89.2	16	8
090492001015	9	Hall High School	Public	9-12	975 North Main St.	West Hartford	06117	Hartford County	West Hartford School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 232-4561	1,408	97	14.5	20.0%	838 (59.5%)	121 (8.6%)	230 (16.3%)	146 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (4.8%)	$18,341							91.2	93.1	7	2
090069000118	10	Canton High School	Public	9-12	76 Simonds Avenue	Canton	06019	Hartford County	Canton School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 693-7707	464	40	11.5	13.4%	360 (77.6%)	38 (8.2%)	41 (8.8%)	11 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.6%)	$22,296							91.1	90.1	13	3

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SAT English Language Arts, SAT Math, NGSS Science test scores released by the Connecticut Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 27, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Connecticut Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Connecticut Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education.