100 Schools With The Best Teachers In Connecticut For 2018

Niche.com, which specializes in all different types of rankings, including schools, has created a ranking of what it says are the best teachers in Connecticut. Niche has ranked the top 100 schools with the best teachers in the state.

According to Niche.com, the rankings are based on “student and parent ratings of teachers, teacher salaries, teacher absenteeism, teacher tenure, student-teacher ratio, and the Niche Academics Grade for the school. Read more on how this ranking was calculated.

Schools in New Canaan, Ridgefield, West Hartford, Fairfield, Amity Region 5, Westport, Wilton, Region 15, Glastonbury, Farmington, and Greenwich performed especially well.

Here are the top 100 schools in Connecticut for 2018 with the best teachers, according to Niche. (Click on the blue hyperlink to read why each school made the list).

1. Salisbury Central School Salisbury School District

2. Avon Middle School Avon School District

3. Branchville Elementary School Ridgefield School District

4. Bugbee School West Hartford School District

5. West School New Canaan School District

6. Amity Middle School: Bethany Amity Regional School District No. 5

7. Eastbury School Glastonbury School District

8. Sherman School Fairfield School District

9. Hebron Avenue School Glastonbury School District

10. Roaring Brook School Avon School District

11. Green's Farms School Westport School District

12. Center School Regional School District No. 18

13. East Ridge Middle School Ridgefield School District

14. The Burnham School Regional School District No. 12

15. Farmingville Elementary School Ridgefield School District

16. Veterans Park Elementary School Ridgefield School District

17. Duffy School West Hartford School District

18. East School New Canaan School District

19. Amity Middle School: Orange Amity Regional School District No. 5

20. Coleytown Middle School Westport School District

21. Ridgebury Elementary School Ridgefield School District

22. South School New Canaan School District

23. Irving A. Robbins Middle School Farmington School District

24. Staples High School Westport School District

25. Bedford Middle School Westport School District

26. Amity Regional High School Amity Regional School District No. 5

27. Wilton High School Wilton Public Schools

28. Saugatuck Elementary School Westport School District

29. Braeburn School West Hartford School District

30. Middlebrook School Wilton Public Schools

31. Lyme Consolidated School Regional School District No. 18

32. New Canaan High School New Canaan School District

33. Walter C. Polson Upper Middle School Madison School District

34. Pomperaug School Pomperaug Regional School District No. 15

35. Harwinton Consolidated School Regional School District No. 10

36. R. Dudley Seymour School East Granby School District

37. Melissa Jones School Guilford Public Schools

38. Daniels Farm School Trumbull Public Schools

39. Canton Middle School Canton School District

40. Morley School West Hartford School District

41. Buttonball Lane School Glastonbury School District

42. Scotland Elementary School Ridgefield School District

43. Osborn Hill School Fairfield School District

44. Elmer Thienes-Mary Hall Elementary School Marlborough

45. Riverside School Greenwich School District

46. Hopewell School Glastonbury School District

47. Pine Grove School Avon School District

48. Scotts Ridge Middle School Ridgefield School District

49. Flanders School East Lyme School District

50. Nayaug Elementary School Glastonbury School District

51. Deans Mill School Stonington School District

52. Warren Elementary School Regional School District No. 6

53. Andover Elementary School Andover

54. Aiken School West Hartford School District

55. Thompson Brook School Avon School District

56. Long Lots School Westport School District

57. King Philip Middle School West Hartford School District

58. King's Highway Elementary School Westport School District

59. Kent Center School Kent School District

60. Hawley Elementary School Newtown School District

61. Allgrove School East Granby School District

62. Barlow Mountain Elementary School Ridgefield School District

63. Burr Elementary School Fairfield School District

64. Saxe Middle School New Canaan School District

65. Jennings School Fairfield School District

66. Norfeldt School West Hartford School District

67. Sandy Hook Elementary School Newtown School District

68. Gainfield Elementary School Pomperaug Regional School District No. 15

69. Middlesex Middle School Darien School District

70. Dwight Elementary School Fairfield School District

71. Union School Farmington School District

72. Eastern Middle School Greenwich School District

73. Long Meadow Elementary School Pomperaug Regional School District No. 15

74. Mystic Middle School Stonington School District

75. Annie E. Vinton School Mansfield School District

76. Chapman School Cheshire Public Schools

77. Central School Simsbury School District

78. Weston Middle School Weston School District

79. Tolland Intermediate School Tolland School District

80. J. Milton Jeffrey Elementary School Madison School District

81. Weston High School Weston School District

82. Coleytown Elementary School Westport School District

83. Colebrook Consolidated School Colebrook

84. Timothy Edwards School South Windsor School District

85. Mansfield Middle School School Mansfield School District

86. Canton Intermediate School Canton School District

87. Cherry Brook Primary School Canton School District

88. Brownstone Intermediate School Portland School District

89. Highland School Cheshire Public Schools

90. Avon High School Avon School District

91. Island Avenue Elementary School Madison School District

92. Hampton Elementary School Hampton

93. Glastonbury High School Glastonbury School District

94. Mile Creek School Regional School District No. 18

95. Simsbury High School Simsbury School District

96. Dodd Middle School Cheshire Public Schools

97. Ox Ridge Elementary School Darien School District

98. Tariffville School Simsbury School District

99. Middle Gate Elementary School Newtown School District

100. Side by Side Charter School Norwalk

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