Greenwich Among Top 10 Public High Schools In CT: Newest Rankings

GREENWICH, CT — Connecticut may have some issues, a multi-billion budget deficit, failing transportation, high tax rate, and a reputation as being unfriendly to businesses. But there is one thing we have going for us and that is a stellar education system. Connecticut routinely ranks near the very top of the best educated states and Niche.com has just released its 2019 list of the 100 best public high schools in Connecticut.

Greenwich High School came in at #7; Westport's Staples High School was #1.

And once again, Fairfield and Hartford county high schools dominated the top 10 in Connecticut with only Amity High School in Woodbridge representing another county, according to Niche.com.

And if you're curious, the No. 1 public high school in America is the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. Connecticut's top entrant is Staples High School in Westport, which is the 125th best public high school in America, according to Niche.com.

Niche, a website for researching schools, used a variety of factors, including SAT/ACT scores, student-teacher ratio, the quality of colleges students consider and reviews from students and parents for its ranking. Niche assigns a standardized score for each factor, which is then weighted before an overall score is calculated for each school district. The overall scores are again standardized and some districts are disqualified from receiving a final letter grade if there isn't enough data. (You can sign up for a free newsletter and real-time news alerts from over 100 different Connecticut communities here.)

Here is the list of the best public high schools in Connecticut:

1. Staples High School In Westport
2. New Canaan High School
3. Darien High School
4. Weston High School
5. Glastonbury High School
6. Wilton High School
7. Greenwich High School
8. Amity Regional High School In Woodbridge
9. Simsbury High School
10. Ridgefield High School
11. Conard High School In West Hartford
12. Avon High School
13. Farmington High School
14. Joel Barlow High School In Redding
15. Daniel Hand High School In Madison
16. Hall High School In West Hartford
17. Fairfield Warde High School
18. East Lyme High School
19. The Academy of Information Technology
20. Fairfield Ludlowe High School
21. Newtown High School
22. Guilford High School
23. Trumbull High School
24. Lyme-Old Lyme High School
25. Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy
26. Masuk High School In Monroe
27. Marine Science Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut
28. Academy of Aerospace & Engineering In Windsor
29. Cheshire High School
30. Rham High School
31. Canton High School
32. Bethel High School
33. Brookfield High School
34. Pomperaug Regional High School
35. South Windsor High School
36. Suffield High School
37. Old Saybrook Senior High School
38. E. O. Smith High School
39. North Haven High School
40. Granby Memorial High School
41. Shepaug Valley School
42. Haddam-Killingworth High School
43. Valley Regional High School
44. East Hampton High School
45. Waterford High School
46. Tolland High School
47. University High School of Science and Engineering
48. Wethersfield High School
49. Bristol Central High School
50. Litchfield High School
51. Coginchaug Regional High School
52. Stonington High School
53. Mark T. Sheehan High School In Wallingford
54. Northwestern Regional High School
55. Housatonic Valley Regional High School
56. Rocky Hill High School
57. Nonnewaug High School
58. Brien McMahon High School In Norwalk
59. Southington High School
60. Woodstock Academy
61. Westhill High School
62. Cromwell High School
63. Ledyard High School
64. Lewis S. Mills High School
65. Robert E. Fitch High School
66. Ellington High School
67. Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering & Physical Sciences at the Fairchild Wheeler Campus
68. Branford High School
69. Woodland Regional High School
70. Coventry High School
71. Bolton High School
72. Newington High School
73. New Milford High School
74. Westbrook High School
75. The Morgan School In Clinton
76. East Granby High School
77. Engineering - Science University Magnet School
78. Oxford High School19 Best Public Elementary Schools
79. Arts at the Capitol Theater Magnet School
80. Berlin High School
81. Middletown High School
82. Windsor High School
83. Bacon Academy
84. Joseph A. Foran High School In Milford
85. Lyman Hall High School In Wallingford
86. Jonathan Law High School In Milford
87. Lyman Memorial High School
88. Three Rivers Middle College Magnet School
89. Somers High School
90. Plainville High School
91. New Fairfield High School
92. Wheeler High School
93. Montville High School
94. Portland High School
95. Shelton High School
96. Wamogo Regional High School
97. Seymour High School
98. Manchester High School
99. Stafford High School
100. Wolcott High School

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— By Brian McCready, Patch National Staff