Here Are The Top 50 School Districts In Connecticut: Niche

CONNECTICUT — Westport School District ranked No. 1 among 129 Connecticut school districts in the education platform Niche’s 2023 Best Schools and Districts rankings released Tuesday.

The Westport district was among 85 Connecticut school districts included in Niche’s ranking of 11,820 school districts nationwide.

Niche gave Westport School District a letter grade of A+. Grades in specific categories were:

• Academics: A+
• Teachers: A+
• Clubs and activities: A+
• Sports: A+
• Resources and facilities: A+
• Diversity: C
• College prep: A+
• Administration: A
• Food: A+

The school district, which has 5,329 students in seven buildings, received high marks from students, parents and teachers. The PK, K-12 student-teacher ratio is 11 to 1. The average salary for teachers in the Westport School District is $96,938.

According to state test scores, 82 percent of students are at least proficient in math and 85 percent in reading.

For more information, read the full report on Westport School District.

The top 50 school districts in Connecticut and the letter grades assigned by Niche include:

1. Westport School District, A+
2. New Canaan Public Schools, A+
3. Greenwich Public Schools, A+
4. Darien School District, A+
5. Wilton Public Schools, A+
6. Glastonbury Public Schools, A+
7. Ridgefield School District, A+
8. Farmington School District, A+
9. Avon School District, A+
10. Amity Regional School District No. 5, A+
11. Weston School District, A+
12. Fairfield School District, A+
13. Simsbury School District, A+
14. Monroe School District, A+
15. Cheshire Public Schools, A+
16. Madison Public Schools, A+
17. East Lyme School District, A+
18. West Hartford School District, A+
19. Guilford Public Schools, A
20. Trumbull Public Schools, A
21. Newtown School District, A
22. Lyme-Old Lyme Schools, A
23. Regional School District No. 12, A
24. Rocky Hill School District, A
25. Pomperaug Regional School District No. 15, A
26. South Windsor School District, A
27. Waterford School District, A
28. Northwestern Regional School District No. 7, A
29. Old Saybrook School District, A
30. Canton School District, A
31. Coventry School District, A
32. Milford School District, A
33. Regional School District No. 8, A
34. Granby School District, A
35. Regional School District No. 10, A
36. Suffield School District, A
37. Brookfield School District, A-
38. North Stonington School District, A-
39. Wolcott School District, A-
40. Stonington School District, A-
41. North Haven School District, A-
42. Berlin School District, A-
43. Westbrook School District, A-
44. Regional School District No. 17, A-
45. Groton School District, A-
46. Regional School District No. 16, A-
47. Regional School District No. 4, A-
48. Newington School District, A-
49. Bethel School District, B+
50. Regional School District No. 6, B+

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Niche also ranked 92,743 public schools and 30,112 private schools in the 2023 report. The platform said its rankings were created to provide families with valuable information — both quantitative and qualitative — on schools in their area or in a neighborhood they’re not familiar with yet.

Staples High School in Westport was named the top public high school in the state, and No. 144 in the nation, according to rankings released Tuesday by Niche.

The new 2023 Best Schools and Districts rankings provide insight for parents on 92,743 public schools, 30,112 private schools and 11,820 school districts nationwide.

The rankings differ from others that rely almost exclusively on test scores and academic performance in that it also includes input from students, alumni and parents, as well as quantitative data from sources such as the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate teachers, resources and facilities.