Greenwich High School Among 2022's Best: U.S. News & World Report

GREENWICH, CT — U.S. News & World Report recently released its list of best high schools for 2022, and Greenwich High School made the cut.

According to the rankings, GHS is ninth in Connecticut out of 206 schools that were ranked, and 408th in the country out of 17,853 schools.

GHS was given an overall score of 97.71 out of 100. Sixty-seven percent of students took at least one Advanced Placement exam; 61 percent passed at least one AP exam; and the school had a graduation rate of 97 percent.

U.S. News & World Report said the methodology for identifying the top-ranked schools was developed with a core principle in mind: that the top schools must serve all students well and must produce measurable academic outcomes that support this mission.

U.S. News worked with North Carolina-based RTI International, a global nonprofit social science research firm to develop the list. Data is from the 2019-2020 school year.

High schools were rated on the following six measures. GHS national/state rankings in parentheses:

• College readiness, 30 percent of the ranking (613th/11th)
• College curriculum breadth, 10 percent (409th/9th)
• State assessment proficiency, 20 percent (969th/11th)
• State assessment performance, 20 percent (487th/7th)
• Underserved student performance, 10 percent (no ranking)
• Graduation rate, 10 percent (4,03th/81st)

To see the full report on GHS, click here.

While the six ranking indicators that determined each school’s rank were the same as those used in the three prior years, U.S. News said it adjusted its calculation of these measures to account for the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on schools in the 2019-2020 school year.

Since most states closed school for in-person instruction beginning in March 2020, typically right before most states conduct assessments, the U.S. Department of Education granted waivers allowing all states to forego state testing for the 2019-2020 school year.

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The top 10 high schools in Connecticut are:

1. Darien High School
2. Connecticut IB Academy
3. Weston High School
4. Marine Science Magnet High School of Southeastern
5. Staples High School
6. New Canaan High School
7. Achievement First Hartford Academy
8. Ridgefield High School
9. Greenwich High School
10. Farmington High School

See full list for CT

The top 10 high schools in the country are:

1. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Alexandria, V.a.)
2. Academic Magnet High School (Charleston, S.C.)
3. Signature School (Evansville, Ind.)
4. School for Advanced Studied (Miami, Fla.)
5. Payton College Preparatory High School (Chicago, Ill.)
6. The Davidson Academy of Nevada (Reno, Nev.)
7. Central Magnet School (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
8. The School for the Talented and Gifted (Dallas, Texas)
9. Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology (Lawrenceville, Ga.)
10. Julie R. Mastermind Secondary School (Philadelphia, Pa.)

See full U.S. list

The data analysis company Niche recently released its list of top public high schools in the country. According to the list, GHS ranked fourth in Connecticut.

Read more on Niche's rankings