Somers, Ellington Ranked Among 'Best School Districts for Your Buck' in Connecticut

The Somers and Ellington school districts offer parents some of the best values in Connecticut, according to a new study from consumer advocacy site NerdWallet.

NerdWallet used census and state education data to identify high quality schools in affordable communities - and out of 121 school districts Somers ranked among the top 20. NerdWallet used the following methodology:

1. To determine school quality we looked at standardized test scores, college readiness and class size.
   
2. School quality was then weighted against affordability metrics to produce a list that isn’t dominated by prohibitively expensive communities - all of the top 10 places have median home values under $350,000.

East Granby was at the top of the list, with a “Bang For Your Buck weighted score” of 83.32, Litchfield was second 83.28 and Stafford was third at 82.20.

Somers was 17th with a score of 78.87, while Ellington came in at No. 36 with a score of 76.63.

Read the full article and rankings at NerdWallet here.

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