These Are The Top 100 Schools In Connecticut For 2021: New List

Niche has compiled what it says are the top 100 schools in Connecticut, which includes both private and public schools. Do you agree?

Brian McCready, Patch Staff

Posted Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 9:29 am ET

CONNECTICUT — When it comes to education, almost no one does it better than Connecticut. Education Week ranked Connecticut as being the third best state for education in America.

Connecticut is ranked behind New Jersey and Massachusetts, according to Education Week.

Earlier this year, Gov. Ned Lamont and State Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona announced that Connecticut’s K-12 schools have been ranked as the third best in the nation by Education Week in the annual education of its “Quality Counts 2020: Grading the States” report. Connecticut received a grade of B with an overall score of 84.1 out of 100 points. The nation as a whole received a grade of C.

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The report, based on an analysis by the Education Week Research Center, reviews how well the nation and the states do on assuring bright prospects for success over the course of a lifetime, how much they spend on schools and how fairly that money is distributed, and the outcomes reflected by indicators such as test scores and graduation rates.

“The strength of a state is dependent upon the health of its education system, and Connecticut’s schools are once again being recognized as among the best in the nation,” Lamont said. “We have the best teachers of any state and they are delivering results that are having positive impacts on students’ lives. The ability to attract businesses and encourage them to expand here is directly tied to the quality of education our workforce receives. I applaud the efforts of our teachers, staff, and administrators throughout our state’s school system for the dedication they provide each and every day.”

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A state’s overall grade is the average of its scores on the three separate indices tracked by the report, which are school finance, chance-for-success, and K-12 achievement. Connecticut’s grades and rank in each category are as follows:

Chance-for-Success: Connecticut earned a B+ and ranks third, while the nation as a whole earned a C+.
School Finance: Connecticut earned a B+ and ranks fifth, while the nation as a whole earned a C.
K-12 Achievement Index: Connecticut received a grade of C and ranks fifth. The nation as a whole also earned a C.

Education Week is an independent, nonprofit news organization dedicated to providing K-12 leaders in the U.S. with objective reporting on the news, trends, and events that shape the rapidly changing education landscape.

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Niche.com, which specializes in all different types of rankings, including schools, has created a new list which ranks the top 100 schools in Connecticut. (If you want to read reviews and why a specific school received the ranking that it did, please click on its name).

Here are the top 100 schools in CT, according to Niche.com:

1. The Hotchkiss School

2. Choate Rosemary Hall

3. Hopkins School

4. The Loomis Chaffee School

5. The Taft School

6. Greenwich Academy

7. Pomfret School

8. Kent School

9. Miss Porter's School

10. King School

11. Suffield Academy