25 Best Connecticut High Schools: U.S. News Rankings 2016

U.S. News & World Report released its top public high schools list nationwide and 25 Connecticut high schools make the top 1,000 list.

A total of 21,000 public high schools across the country were ranked based on students performance on state assessments and graduation rates and how well prepared they were for college. For more on how U.S. News calculated its rankings, click here.

Nationwide, the top 5 list is:

• #1 Schools for the Talented and Gifted, Texas
• #2 BASIS Scottsdale, Arizona
• #3 BASIS Tucson North, Arizona
• #4 School of Science and Engineering, Texas
• #5 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia

Connecticut had two high schools among the top 100 in the country and 25 among the top 1,000. (Click on the hyperlink for more information on why each school was chosen.)

Connecticut’s Top 10 List Among the State's Schools

• #1 Connecticut IB Academy, East Hartford
• #2 Academy of Aerospace and Engineering, Hartford
• #3 Amistad Academy, New Haven
• #4 Weston High School, Weston
• #5 Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield
• #6 Conard High School, West Hartford
• #7 Wilton High School, Wilton
• #8 Lyme-​Old Lyme High School, Old Lyme
• #9 Simsbury High School, Simsbury
• #10 Greenwich High School, Greenwich

How Connecticut Fared Nationwide: Top 25 CT Schools in the U.S.

• No. 40 Connecticut IB Academy East Hartford
• No. 82 Academy of Aerospace and Engineering Hartford
• No. 105 Amistad Academy New Haven
• No. 184 Weston High School Weston
• No. 235 Ridgefield High School Ridgefield
• No. 309 Conard High School West Hartford
• No. 386 Wilton High School Wilton
• No. 429 Lyme-​Old Lyme High School Old Lyme
• No. 437 Simsbury High School Simsbury
• No. 468 Greenwich High School Greenwich
• No. 483 Darien High School Darien
• No. 546 Farmington High School Farmington
• No. 558 Hall High School West Hartford
• No. 574 Staples High School Westport
• No. 605 Joel Barlow High School Redding
• No. 637 Fairfield Ludlowe High School Fairfield
• No. 724 New Canaan High School New Canaan
• No. 775 Fairfield Warde High School Fairfield
• No. 792 Pomperaug Regional High School Southbury
• No. 811 Amity Regional High School Woodbridge
• No. 842 Suffield High School Suffield
• No. 848 Guilford High School Guilford
• No. 854 Avon High School Avon
• No. 936 Litchfield High School Litchfield
• No. 963 Brookfield High School Brookfield

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