Here's How Every CT High School Ranks By County: U.S. News

CONNECTICUT — A new report by U.S. News & World Report breaks down how Connecticut high schools compare to each other in the same region. The ranking is separate from the publication’s annual ranking of the best high schools in the country — published in April — the best high schools by metro area rankings was released on Wednesday.

U.S. News says it used the same methodology to compile the metro-area rankings as it did for the national rankings. Metros areas were matched to their corresponding core-based statistical areas as defined by the government. The U.S. Census Bureau says metro areas and micropolitan areas (which have a population of between 10,000 and 50,000) are collectively referred to as core-based statistical areas.

U.S. News says a single one of these statistical areas may include parts of multiple states.
“We’ve heard from students, parents and school officials that they’re interested in seeing how their school compares with others in the community,” Robert Morse, chief data strategist at U.S. News, said in a news release. “With these new rankings, residents in more than 900 metro areas nationwide can see which local schools are succeeding at educating and graduating their students.”

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Here is a breakdown by metro areas in Connecticut:

Hartford Metro Area

1 Achievement First Hartford Academy Inc.

2 Connecticut IB Academy
3 Simsbury High School
4 Academy of Aerospace and Engineering
5 Hall High School
6 Conard High School
7 Canton High School
8 Avon High School
9 Farmington High School
10 Granby Memorial High School
11 Rham High School
12 Glastonbury High School
13 East Granby High School
14 South Windsor High School
15 Coventry High School
16 Suffield High School
17 Valley Regional High School
18 University High School of Science and Engineering
19 Metropolitan Learning Center
20 Old Saybrook Senior High School
21 Lewis S. Mills High School
22 Southington High School
23 Haddam-Killingworth High School
24 Coginchaug Regional High School
25 Cromwell High School
26 E. O. Smith High School
27 Bristol Eastern High School
28 Sports and Medical Sciences Academy
29 Ellington High School
30 Rocky Hill High School
31 Tolland High School
32 East Hampton High School
33 Bolton High School
34 Windsor High School
35 Portland High School
36 Berlin High School
37 East Windsor High School
38 Somers High School
39 Bristol Central High School
40 CREC Medical Prof. and Teacher Prep. Acad
41 Plainville High School
42 Middletown High School
43 Newington High School
44 Stafford High School
45 Wethersfield High School
46 Enfield High School
47 The Morgan School
48 Windsor Locks High School
49 East Hartford High School
50 Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
51 Westbrook High School
52 Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy
53 Manchester High School
54 Pathways Academy of Technology and Design
55 Nathan Hale-Ray High School
56 Classical Magnet School
57 Rockville High School
58 Bloomfield High School
59 New Britain High School
60 Capital Community College Magnet Academy
61 E. C. Goodwin Technical High School
62-78 A. I. Prince Technical High School
62-78 Bulkeley High School
62-78 Capital Preparatory Magnet School
62-78 Connecticut River Academy
62-78 Crec - Public Safety Academy Interdistrict Magnet
62-78 Culinary Arts Academy
62-78 Global Communications Academy
62-78 Global Experience Magnet School
62-78 Great Path Academy Middle College High School at M
62-78 High School Inc.
62-78 Howell Cheney Technical High School
62-78 HPHS Academy of Engineering and Green Technology
62-78 HPHS Academy of Nursing and Health Science
62-78 HPHS Law and Government Academy
62-78 Journalism and Media Academy Magnet School
62-78 Kinsella Magnet School Of Performing Arts
62-78 Vinal Technical High School

Unranked:

Children'S Place School
Hartford Correctional Center
Jumoke Academy
Learning Academy At Bloomfield
Macdougall/Walker Correctional Institution
Northern Correctional Institution
Riverview School
Stevens Alternate High School
Two Rivers Magnet High School

New Haven Metro Area

1 Amistad Academy
2 Daniel Hand High School
3 Amity Regional High School
4 Cheshire High School
5 Pomperaug Regional High School
6 Guilford High School
7 Joseph A. Foran High School
8 Jonathan Law High School
9 Oxford High School
10 Seymour High School
11 Engineering - Science University Magnet School
12 North Haven High School
13 Woodland Regional High School
14 Branford High School
15 North Branford High School
16 Waterbury Career Academy
17 Wolcott High School
18 Hamden High School
19 Lyman Hall High School
20 Cooperative High School
21 Mark T. Sheehan High School
22 Waterbury Arts Magnet School (High)
23 Common Ground High School
24 Elm City College Preparatory School
25 Ansonia High School
26 Sound School
27 Derby High School
28 Orville H. Platt High School
29 Hill Regional Career High School
30 West Haven High School
31 Francis T. Maloney High School
32 Naugatuck High School
33 East Haven High School
34 Wilbur Cross High School
35 W. F. Kaynor Technical High School
36 New Haven Academy
37 Metropolitan Business High School
38 H. C. Wilcox Technical High School
39 High School In The Community
40-46 Crosby High School
40-46 Eli Whitney Technical High School
40-46 Emmett O'Brien Technical High School
40-46 James Hillhouse High School
40-46 John F. Kennedy High School
40-46 Platt Technical High School
40-46 Wilby High School

Unranked:

Cheshire Correctional Institution
High Schoolville Charter School
Hyde Leadership School
Manson Youth Institution

Bridgeport Metro Area

1 Darien High School
2 Weston High School
3 Ridgefield High School
4 New Canaan High School
5 Staples High School
6 Wilton High School
7 Greenwich High School
8 Joel Barlow High School
9 Newtown High School
10 Fairfield Ludlowe High School
11 Fairfield Warde High School
12 Masuk High School
13 Brookfield High School
14 Trumbull High School
15 The Academy of Information Technology
16 Bethel High School
17 New Fairfield High School
18 Shelton High School
19 Westhill High School
20 Brien McMahon High School
21 Stamford High School
22 Center for Global Studies
23 Norwalk High School
24 Danbury High School
25 Stratford High School
26 Bunnell High School
27 Achievement First Bridgeport Academy
28 Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering And Physical Sciences High School
29 Biotechnology Research & Zoological Sciences at the Fairchild Wheeler Campus
30-39 Bassick High School
30-39 Bridgeport Military Academy
30-39 Bullard-Havens Technical High School
30-39 Capital Preparatory Harbor School Inc.
30-39 Central High School
30-39 Harding High School
30-39 Henry Abbott Technical High School
30-39 Information Technology And Software Engineering High School
30-39 Stamford Academy
30-39 The Bridge Academy

Unranked:

Alternative Center for Excellence
Bridgeport Correctional Center
Briggs High School
Garner Correctional Institution
J. M. Wright Technical High School

Norwich Metro Area

1 Marine Science Magnet High School of Southeastern
2 Lyme-Old Lyme High School
3 East Lyme High School
4 Stonington High School
5 Wheeler High School
6 Bacon Academy
7 Montville High School
8 Fitch Senior High School
9 Lyman Memorial High School
10 Ledyard High School
11 Waterford High School
12 Griswold High School
13 New London High School
14 Norwich Free Academy
15 Science And Technology Magnet School Of Southeastern Connec
16 Three Rivers Middle College Magnet School
17-18 Ella T. Grasso Southeastern Technical High School
17-18 Norwich Technical High School

Torrington Metro Area

1 Shepaug Valley School
2 Nonnewaug High School
3 Litchfield High School
4 New Milford High School
5 Northwestern Regional High School
6 Wamogo Regional High School
7 The Gilbert School
8 Watertown High School
9 Thomaston High School
10 Terryville High School
11 Housatonic Valley Regional High School
12 Torrington High School
13-14 Explorations
13-14 Oliver Wolcott Technical High School

Worchester, Mass. Metro Area

20 Parish Hill High School
40 Putnam High School
46 Windham High School
47 Plainfield High School
50 Killingly High School
52 Woodstock Academy
53-63 Act Magnet School (Arts at The Capitol Theater) -
53-63 H. H. Ellis Technical High School
53-63 Quinebaug Middle College
53-63 Tourtellotte Memorial High School
53-63 Windham Technical High School

Unranked
Path Academy

You can read more about the rankings via U.S. News here.