Best High Schools in Connecticut for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Connecticut Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Connecticut test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the NGSS and SAT test scores by the Connecticut Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, August 27, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 65)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
090132000223	1	East Lyme High School	Public	9-12	30 Chesterfield Rd.	East Lyme	06333	New London County	East Lyme School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 739-6946	966	91	10.5	20.0%	736 (76.2%)	14 (1.4%)	74 (7.7%)	85 (8.8%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	50 (5.2%)	$21,600							98.5%	82.8%	15.70%
090462000937	2	Trumbull High School	Public	9-12	72 Strobel Rd.	Trumbull	06611	Fairfield County	Trumbull School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 452-4555	2,134	147	14.5	18.6%	1,368 (64.1%)	145 (6.8%)	362 (17.0%)	206 (9.7%)	3 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	43 (2.0%)	$19,735							96.9%	89.7%	7.27%
090156000273	3	Farmington High School	Public	9-12	10 Monteith Dr	Farmington	06032	Hartford County	Farmington School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 673-2514	1,263	115	11	15.8%	684 (54.2%)	57 (4.5%)	126 (10.0%)	324 (25.7%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	59 (4.7%)	$21,818							95.4%	91.0%	4.35%
090144000237	4	Ellington High School	Public	9-12	37 Maple St.	Ellington	06029	Tolland County	Ellington School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 896-2352	737	66	11	15.9%	569 (77.2%)	25 (3.4%)	48 (6.5%)	70 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.4%)	$20,205							93.8%	80.7%	13.16%
090171000300	5	Greenwich High School	Public	9-12	10 Hillside Rd.	Greenwich	06830	Fairfield County	Greenwich School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 625-8000	2,668	211	12.6	19.7%	1,578 (59.1%)	76 (2.8%)	655 (24.6%)	213 (8.0%)	3 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	142 (5.3%)	$26,306							92.3%		(n/a)%
090162000283	6	Glastonbury High School	Public	9-12	330 Hubbard St.	Glastonbury	06033	Hartford County	Glastonbury School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 652-7200	1,801	142	12.6	12.8%	1,225 (68.0%)	63 (3.5%)	187 (10.4%)	232 (12.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (4.9%)	$23,580							90.8%		(n/a)%
090417000826	7	South Windsor High School	Public	9-12	161 Nevers Rd.	South Windsor	06074	Hartford County	South Windsor School District	No	No	No	Yes	(860) 648-5000	1,329	121	10.9	16.9%	699 (52.6%)	94 (7.1%)	122 (9.2%)	335 (25.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	74 (5.6%)	$19,570							89.2%		(n/a)%
090288000610	8	Newington High School	Public	9-12	605 Willard Avenue	Newington	06111	Hartford County	Newington School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 666-5611	1,327	93	14.3	31.8%	730 (55.0%)	79 (6.0%)	325 (24.5%)	121 (9.1%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (5.0%)	$20,857							87.7%	67.6%	20.11%
090291000615	9	Newtown High School	Public	9-12	12 Berkshire Rd.	Sandy Hook	06482	Fairfield County	Newtown School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 426-7646	1,325	119	11.1	13.4%	1,090 (82.3%)	28 (2.1%)	141 (10.6%)	40 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (1.8%)	$20,852							86.2%	86.9%	0.74%
090153000256	10	Fairfield Warde High School	Public	9-12	755 Melville Ave.	Fairfield	06825	Fairfield County	Fairfield School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 255-8449	1,418	128	11.1	24.6%	958 (67.6%)	49 (3.5%)	243 (17.1%)	102 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (4.4%)	$23,237							84.6%		(n/a)%

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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.