These Are The Best Private Schools In CT For 2019: New Rankings

In Connecticut one thing is certain: Where your child goes to school matters. Parents move to specific communities because of the school systems, and they are also willing to shell out thousands in tuition to send their child to the best private schools.

According to the latest ranking from Niche.com, Connecticut has dozens of great private K-12 and high schools to choose from.

In its list for 2019, the education and real estate website ranked the top 60 private high schools in Connecticut.

The rankings are "based on rigorous analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, college data, and ratings collected from millions of Niche users," according to Niche.com. (Still skeptical? You can pick apart the site's full methodology here.)

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These are the top private schools in CT for 2019, according to Niche.com

1. Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford

2. Hopkins School New Haven, CT

3. The Loomis Chaffee School Windsor, CT

4. The Hotchkiss School Lakeville, CT

5. The Taft School Watertown, CT

6. Greenwich Academy Greenwich, CT

7. Brunswick School Greenwich, CT

8. Kent School Kent, CT

9. Miss Porter's School Farmington, CT

10. Westminster School Simsbury, CT

11. Greens Farms Academy Westport, CT

12. Salisbury School Salisbury, CT

13. Kingswood-Oxford School West Hartford, CT

14. Hamden Hall Country Day School Hamden, CT

15. St. Luke's School New Canaan, CT

16. King School Stamford, CT

17. Suffield Academy Suffield, CT

18. Westover School Middlebury, CT

19. Pomfret School Pomfret, CT

20. Avon Old Farms School Avon, CT

21. The Williams School New London, CT

22. Canterbury School New Milford, CT

23. Ethel Walker School Simsbury, CT

24. Watkinson School Hartford, CT

25. The Cheshire Academy Cheshire, CT

26. Fairfield College Preparatory School Fairfield, CT

27. Marianapolis Preparatory School Thompson, CT

28. Chase Collegiate School Waterbury, CT

29. Convent of the Sacred Heart Greenwich, CT

30. Academy of Our Lady of Mercy - Lauralton Hall Milford, CT

31. Academy of the Holy Family Baltic, CT

32. Christian Heritage School Trumbull, CT

33. The Master's School West Simsbury, CT

34. Northwest Catholic High School West Hartford, CT

35. Immaculate High School Danbury, CT

36. The Marvelwood School Kent, CT

37. The Gunnery Washington, CT

38. Wooster School Danbury, CT

39. Sacred Heart Academy Hamden, CT

40. Notre Dame High School West Haven, CT

41. Xavier High School Middletown, CT

42. South Kent School South Kent, CT

43. East Catholic High School Manchester, CT

44. Mercy High School Middletown, CT

45. St. Joseph High School Trumbull, CT

46. Bridgeport International Academy Bridgeport, CT

47. Faith Preparatory School New Milford, CT

48. Saint Bernard School Uncasville, CT

49. Trinity Catholic High School Stamford, CT

50. Holy Cross High School Waterbury, CT

51. Hebrew High School of New England West Hartford, CT

52. Putnam Science Academy Putnam, CT

53. St. Thomas More School Oakdale, CT

54. Notre Dame High School Fairfield, CT

55. St. Paul Catholic High School Bristol, CT

56. Norwich Free Academy Norwich, CT

57. Sacred Heart High School Waterbury, CT

58. The Cornerstone Christian School

59. Emmanuel Christian Academy Newington, CT

60. Kolbe Cathedral High School Bridgeport, CT

Patch editor Al Branch contributed to this story.

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