Best School Districts in Connecticut

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Rank (of 158)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
	Achievement First Bridgeport Academy District	K-12	0	0	0	1	New Haven	New Haven County			(n/a)
	Achievement First Hartford Academy District	K-12	0	0	0	1	New Haven	New Haven County			(n/a)
	Amistad Academy District	K-12	0	0	0	1	New Haven	New Haven County			(n/a)
	Andover School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Andover	Tolland County			(n/a)
150^th	Ansonia School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Ansonia	New Haven County	0.186	151	1
147^th	Area Cooperative Educational Services	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	North Haven	New Haven County	0.226	140	7
110^th	Ashford School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Ashford	Windham County	0.473	102	8
24^th	Avon School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Avon	Hartford County	0.855	29	5
78^th	Barkhamsted School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Barkhamsted	Litchfield County	0.612	43	35
55^th	Berlin School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Berlin	Hartford County	0.743	56	1
14^th	Bethany School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Bethany	New Haven County	0.901	39	25
	Bethel School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Bethel	Fairfield County			(n/a)
	Bloomfield School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Bloomfield	Hartford County			(n/a)
60^th	Bolton School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bolton	Tolland County	0.731	64	4
137^th	Booker T. Washington Academy District	K-8	1	0	0	0	New Haven	New Haven County	0.332	141	4
	Bozrah School District	PK, KG-10	1	0	0	0	Bozrah	New London County			(n/a)
80^th	Branford School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Branford	New Haven County	0.604	86	6
134^th	Brass City Charter School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Waterbury	New Haven County	0.349	127	7
152^nd	Bridgeport School District	PK, KG-12	28	0	7	1	Bridgeport	Fairfield County	0.172	146	6
106^th	Bristol School District	PK, KG-12	8	2	3	0	Bristol	Hartford County	0.501	101	5
40^th	Brookfield School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Brookfield	Fairfield County	0.787	71	31
90^th	Brooklyn School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Brooklyn	Windham County	0.567	98	8
	Canaan School District	K-8	1	0	0	0	Falls Village	Litchfield County			(n/a)
98^th	Canterbury School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Canterbury	Windham County	0.538	85	13
35^th	Canton School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Collinsville	Hartford County	0.798	41	6
	Capital Preparatory Harbor School District	K-12	0	0	0	1	Bridgeport	Fairfield County			(n/a)
146^th	Capitol Region Education Council	PK, KG-12	10	1	5	0	Hartford	Hartford County	0.234	139	7
	Chaplin School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Chaplin	Windham County			(n/a)
16^th	Cheshire School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Cheshire	New Haven County	0.887	14	2
10^th	Chester School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Deep River	Middlesex County	0.932	13	3
82^nd	Clinton School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Clinton	Middlesex County	0.593	84	2
66^th	Colchester School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Colchester	New London County	0.685	47	19
	Colebrook School District	K-6	1	0	0	0	Colebrook	Litchfield County			(n/a)
89^th	Columbia School District	PK, KG-10	1	0	0	0	Columbia	Tolland County	0.576	105	16
	Common Ground High School District	9-12	0	0	1	0	New Haven	New Haven County			(n/a)
144^th	Connecticut Technical Education and Career System	9-12	0	0	17	0	Hartford	Hartford County	0.241	135	9
114^th	Cooperative Educational Services	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Trumbull	Fairfield County	0.45	118	4
	Cornwall School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	West Cornwall	Litchfield County			(n/a)
	Coventry School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Coventry	Tolland County			(n/a)
75^th	Cromwell School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Cromwell	Middlesex County	0.633	82	7
142^nd	Danbury School District	PK, KG-12	15	3	1	0	Danbury	Fairfield County	0.283	133	9
5^th	Darien School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Darien	Fairfield County	0.955	6	1
34^th	Deep River School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Deep River	Middlesex County	0.815	24	10
	Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services	9-12	0	0	1	0	Hartford	Hartford County			(n/a)
148^th	Derby School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Derby	New Haven County	0.216	138	10
58^th	East Granby School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	East Granby	Hartford County	0.733	55	3
79^th	East Haddam School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Moodus	Middlesex County	0.608	88	9
72^nd	East Hampton School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	East Hampton	Middlesex County	0.653	72
135^th	East Hartford School District	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	0	East Hartford	Hartford County	0.346	131	4
136^th	East Haven School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	East Haven	New Haven County	0.341	128	8
45^th	East Lyme School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	East Lyme	New London County	0.774	58	13
119^th	East Windsor School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	East Windsor	Hartford County	0.437	123	4
	Eastern Connecticut Regional Educational Service Center (EAS	1-12	0	0	2	0	Hampton	Windham County			(n/a)
	Eastford School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Eastford	Windham County			(n/a)
15^th	Easton School District	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Easton	Fairfield County	0.895	5	10
	Edmonds Cofield Preparatory Academy for Young Men Inc. Distr		0	0	0	0	New Haven	New Haven County			(n/a)
29^th	Ellington School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Ellington	Tolland County	0.831	35	6
	Elm City College Preparatory School District	K-12	0	0	0	1	New Haven	New Haven County			(n/a)
128^th	Elm City Montessori School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	New Haven	New Haven County	0.384		(n/a)
112^th	Enfield School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Enfield	Hartford County	0.456	112
49^th	Essex School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Deep River	Middlesex County	0.769	40	9
	Explorations District	9-12	0	0	1	0	Winsted	Litchfield County			(n/a)
28^th	Fairfield School District	PK, KG-12	11	3	2	0	Fairfield	Fairfield County	0.832	27	1
17^th	Farmington School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Farmington	Hartford County	0.885	18	1
	Franklin School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	North Franklin	New London County			(n/a)
23^rd	Glastonbury School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Glastonbury	Hartford County	0.86	20	3
157^th	Goodwin University Educational Services (GUES)	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	East Hartford	Hartford County	0.087		(n/a)
46^th	Granby School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Granby	Hartford County	0.773	45	1
155^th	Great Oaks Charter School District	6-12	0	0	1	0	Bridgeport	Fairfield County	0.146		(n/a)
32^nd	Greenwich School District	PK, KG-12	11	3	1	0	Greenwich	Fairfield County	0.828	36	4
129^th	Griswold School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Griswold	New London County	0.383	113	16
102^nd	Groton School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Mystic	New London County	0.52	104	2
25^th	Guilford School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Guilford	New Haven County	0.848	31	6
126^th	Hamden School District	PK, KG-12	8	1	1	0	Hamden	New Haven County	0.395	117	9
	Hampton School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Hampton	Windham County			(n/a)
154^th	Hartford School District	PK, KG-12	24	6	10	1	Hartford	Hartford County	0.155	145	9
	Hartland School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	East Hartland	Hartford County			(n/a)
70^th	Hebron School District	PK, KG-6	2	0	0	0	Hebron	Tolland County	0.666	48	22
	Highville Charter School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	New Haven	New Haven County			(n/a)
94^th	Integrated Day Charter School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Norwich	New London County	0.546	106	12
120^th	Interdistrict School for Arts and Community District	6-8	0	1	0	0	New London	New London County	0.436	130	10
	Judicial Centers	5-12	0	0	8	0	Glastonbury	Hartford County			(n/a)
	Jumoke Academy District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Hartford	Hartford County			(n/a)
	Kent School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Kent	Litchfield County			(n/a)
131^st	Killingly School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Danielson	Windham County	0.373	111	20
	Learn	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Old Lyme	New London County			(n/a)
74^th	Lebanon School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lebanon	New London County	0.636	83	9
104^th	Ledyard School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Ledyard	New London County	0.505	100	4
86^th	Lisbon School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Lisbon	New London County	0.585	78	8
	Litchfield School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Litchfield	Litchfield County			(n/a)
8^th	Madison School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Madison	New Haven County	0.947	11	3
141^st	Manchester School District	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	0	Manchester	Hartford County	0.3	134	7
51^st	Mansfield School District	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Storrs	Tolland County	0.753	49	2
47^th	Marlborough School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Marlborough	Hartford County	0.773	44	3
111^th	Meriden School District	PK, KG-12	8	3	2	0	Meriden	New Haven County	0.47	116	5
125^th	Middletown School District	PK, KG-12	8	1	1	0	Middletown	Middlesex County	0.401	115	10
84^th	Milford School District	PK, KG-12	8	3	2	0	Milford	New Haven County	0.592	94	10
30^th	Monroe School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Monroe	Fairfield County	0.83	33	3
93^rd	Montville School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Oakdale	New London County	0.552	90	3
139^th	Naugatuck School District	PK, KG-12	5	3	1	0	Naugatuck	New Haven County	0.325	132	7
	New Beginnings Inc Family Academy District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Bridgeport	Fairfield County			(n/a)
158^th	New Britain School District	PK, KG-12	10	3	1	0	New Britain	Hartford County	0.072	150	8
1^st	New Canaan School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	New Canaan	Fairfield County	0.99	2	1
59^th	New Fairfield School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	New Fairfield	Fairfield County	0.733	42	17
	New Hartford School District	PK, KG-6	3	0	0	0	New Hartford	Litchfield County			(n/a)
149^th	New Haven School District	PK, KG-12	27	1	9	0	New Haven	New Haven County	0.196	142	7
156^th	New London School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	3	0	New London	New London County	0.12	147	9
117^th	New Milford School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	New Milford	Litchfield County	0.44		(n/a)
85^th	Newington School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Newington	Hartford County	0.585	89	4
33^rd	Newtown School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Newtown	Fairfield County	0.82	25	8
	Norfolk School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Norfolk	Litchfield County			(n/a)
69^th	North Branford School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Northford	New Haven County	0.667	69
	North Canaan School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Canaan	Litchfield County			(n/a)
41^st	North Haven School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	North Haven	New Haven County	0.783	63	22
42^nd	North Stonington School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	North Stonington	New London County	0.782	28	14
127^th	Norwalk School District	PK, KG-12	14	4	4	0	Norwalk	Fairfield County	0.386	124	3
121^st	Norwich Free Academy District	9-12	0	0	1	0	Norwich	New London County	0.428	119	2
153^rd	Norwich School District	PK, KG-12	7	2	0	0	Norwich	New London County	0.167	143	10
81^st	Odyssey Community School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Manchester	Hartford County	0.602	96	15
67^th	Old Saybrook School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Old Saybrook	Middlesex County	0.683	53	14
39^th	Orange School District	PK, KG-6	4	0	0	0	Orange	New Haven County	0.79	46	7
63^rd	Oxford School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Oxford	New Haven County	0.703	81	18
123^rd	Park City Prep Charter School District	4-8	0	1	0	0	Bridgeport	Fairfield County	0.403	107	16
116^th	Plainfield School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Plainfield	Windham County	0.44		(n/a)
91^st	Plainville School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Plainville	Hartford County	0.557	95	4
113^th	Plymouth School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Terryville	Litchfield County	0.453	109	4
38^th	Pomfret School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Pomfret Center	Windham County	0.793	26	12
57^th	Portland School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Portland	Middlesex County	0.736	61	4
103^rd	Preston School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Preston	New London County	0.515	73	30
138^th	Putnam School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Putnam	Windham County	0.329	121	17
11^th	Redding School District	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Easton	Fairfield County	0.922	19	8
109^th	Regional School District 01	5-12	0	0	1	0	Falls Village	Litchfield County	0.49		(n/a)
96^th	Regional School District 04	6-12	0	1	1	0	Deep River	Middlesex County	0.543	80	16
21^st	Regional School District 05	7-12	0	2	1	0	Woodbridge	New Haven County	0.882	12	9
37^th	Regional School District 06	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Litchfield	Litchfield County	0.794		(n/a)
68^th	Regional School District 07	7-12	0	1	1	0	Winsted	Litchfield County	0.682	22	46
50^th	Regional School District 08	7-12	0	1	1	0	Hebron	Tolland County	0.756	60	10
2^nd	Regional School District 09	9-12	0	0	1	0	Easton	Fairfield County	0.972	1	1
53^rd	Regional School District 10	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Burlington	Hartford County	0.746	51	2
71^st	Regional School District 11	7-12	0	0	1	0	Chaplin	Windham County	0.662		(n/a)
	Regional School District 12	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Washington Depot	Litchfield County			(n/a)
77^th	Regional School District 13	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Durham	Middlesex County	0.628	75	2
76^th	Regional School District 14	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Woodbury	Litchfield County	0.632	70	6
56^th	Regional School District 15	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Middlebury	New Haven County	0.738	62	6
62^nd	Regional School District 16	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Prospect	New Haven County	0.709	59	3
36^th	Regional School District 17	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Higganum	Middlesex County	0.796	23	13
19^th	Regional School District 18	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Old Lyme	New London County	0.883	16	3
	Regional School District 19	9-12	0	0	1	0	Storrs	Tolland County			(n/a)
	Regional School District 20		0	0	0	0	Litchfield	Litchfield County			(n/a)
7^th	Ridgefield School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	0	Ridgefield	Fairfield County	0.949	7
43^rd	Rocky Hill School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Rocky Hill	Hartford County	0.782	34	9
97^th	Salem School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Salem	New London County	0.54	76	21
22^nd	Salisbury School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Lakeville	Litchfield County	0.88	50	28
	Scotland School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Scotland	Windham County			(n/a)
92^nd	Seymour School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Seymour	New Haven County	0.552	93	1
	Sharon School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Sharon	Litchfield County			(n/a)
73^rd	Shelton School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Shelton	Fairfield County	0.648	74	1
13^th	Sherman School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Sherman	Fairfield County	0.902	9	4
	Side By Side Charter School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Norwalk	Fairfield County			(n/a)
12^th	Simsbury School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Simsbury	Hartford County	0.904	17	5
65^th	Somers School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Somers	Tolland County	0.697	67	2
27^th	South Windsor School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	South Windsor	Hartford County	0.837	32	5
54^th	Southington School District	PK, KG-12	10	2	1	0	Southington	Hartford County	0.745	57	3
145^th	Sprague School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Baltic	New London County	0.241		(n/a)
99^th	Stafford School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Stafford Springs	Tolland County	0.538	87	12
20^th	Stamford Charter School for Excellence District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Stamford	Fairfield County	0.883	38	18
132^nd	Stamford School District	PK, KG-12	13	5	3	0	Stamford	Fairfield County	0.368	122	10
115^th	Sterling School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Sterling	Windham County	0.44	137	22
31^st	Stonington School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Pawcatuck	New London County	0.828	21	10
140^th	Stratford School District	PK, KG-12	9	2	2	0	Stratford	Fairfield County	0.309	129	11
52^nd	Suffield School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Suffield	Hartford County	0.747	54	2
	The Bridge Academy District	7-12	0	0	1	0	Bridgeport	Fairfield County			(n/a)
130^th	The Gilbert School District	7-12	0	0	1	0	Winsted	Litchfield County	0.379	120	10
87^th	The Woodstock Academy District	9-12	0	0	1	0	Woodstock	Windham County	0.579	79	8
	Thomaston School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Thomaston	Litchfield County			(n/a)
108^th	Thompson School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	North Grosvenordale	Windham County	0.491		(n/a)
26^th	Tolland School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Tolland	Tolland County	0.843	37	11
133^rd	Torrington School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Torrington	Litchfield County	0.364	125	8
18^th	Trumbull School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	0	Trumbull	Fairfield County	0.885	15	3
	Union School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Union	Tolland County			(n/a)
95^th	Vernon School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Vernon	Tolland County	0.544	103	8
	Voluntown School District	PK, KG-11	1	0	0	0	Voluntown	New London County			(n/a)
100^th	Wallingford School District	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	0	Wallingford	New Haven County	0.533	97	3
151^st	Waterbury School District	PK, KG-12	21	3	5	0	Waterbury	New Haven County	0.179	148	3
64^th	Waterford School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Waterford	New London County	0.699	65	1
105^th	Watertown School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Watertown	Litchfield County	0.501	99	6
48^th	West Hartford School District	PK, KG-12	11	3	2	0	West Hartford	Hartford County	0.772	52	4
124^th	West Haven School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	0	West Haven	New Haven County	0.401	114	10
44^th	Westbrook School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Westbrook	Middlesex County	0.781		(n/a)
3^rd	Weston School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Weston	Fairfield County	0.969	4	1
4^th	Westport School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Westport	Fairfield County	0.96	8	4
83^rd	Wethersfield School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Wethersfield	Hartford County	0.593	91	8
88^th	Willington School District	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Willington	Tolland County	0.576	77	11
9^th	Wilton School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Wilton	Fairfield County	0.944	10	1
107^th	Winchester School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	0	0	Winsted	Litchfield County	0.493	110	3
143^rd	Windham School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Willimantic	Windham County	0.253	136	7
118^th	Windsor Locks School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Windsor Locks	Hartford County	0.437	108	10
122^nd	Windsor School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Windsor	Hartford County	0.423		(n/a)
61^st	Wolcott School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Wolcott	New Haven County	0.727	66	5
6^th	Woodbridge School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Woodbridge	New Haven County	0.952	3	3
101^st	Woodstock School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Woodstock	Windham County	0.528	92	9

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