CT's 102 Safest School Districts In 2018: See Where Yours Ranks

How safe is your child's school? Recent events, including last week's school shooting in Florida, have put student safety in the forefront, and one data compiler has revealed which Connecticut school districts rank highest in this category.

Niche.com's list of the Safest School Districts for 2018, which was created using information from the U.S. Department of Education, the FBI, parent reviews and other data.

To compile the ranking, 50 percent was based on parent and student surveys on health and safety. Student absenteeism, suspensions and expulsions were also factored into the rankings, well as percentage of students referred to law enforcement and school-related arrests.

The top 10 includes a mix of districts from Fairfield, New Haven, Hartford, and New London counties.

Here is a look at those top 102 districts: (If you want to see comments from parents, students and staff about a particular school, click on the blue hyperlink).

• No. 1 — Monroe School District
• No. 2 — Newtown School District
• No. 3 — Glastonbury School District
• No. 4 — New Canaan School District
• No. 5 — Simsbury School District
• No. 6 — Amity Regional School District No. 5 in Woodbridge
• No. 7 — Waterford School District
• No. 8 — Madison School District
• No. 9 — Regional School District No. 13 in Durham
• No. 10 — Greenwich School District
• No. 11 — Fairfield School District
• No. 12 — Plainville School District
• No. 13 — North Haven School District
• No. 14 — Westport School District
• No. 15 — East Lyme School District
• No. 16 — Regional School District No. 16 in Prospect
• No. 17 — Regional School District No. 17 in Higganum, CT
• No. 18 — Newington School District
• No. 19 — Manchester School District
• No. 20 — Ridgefield School District
• No. 21 — Suffield School District
• No. 22 — Windsor School District
• No. 23 — Weston School District
• No. 24 — Trumbull Public Schools
• No 25 — Ledyard School District
• No. 26 — Southington School District
• No. 27 — New Fairfield School District
• No. 28 — Farmington School District
• No. 29 — Regional School District No. 4 in Deep River
• No. 30 — Groton School District
• No. 31 — Wallingford School District
• No. 32 — Pomperaug Regional School District No. 15 in Southbury
• No. 33 — Wilton Public Schools
• No. 34 — Bethel School District
• No. 35 — Danbury School District
• No. 36 — Rocky Hill School District
• No. 37 — Cromwell School District
• No. 38 — Stonington School District
• No. 39 — South Windsor School District
• No. 40 — West Hartford School District
• No. 41 — New Milford School District
• No. 42 — Brookfield School District
• No. 43 — West Haven School District
• No. 44 — Clinton School District
• No. 45 — East Haddam School District
• No. 46 — Regional School District No. 10 in Burlington
• No. 47 — Windsor Locks School District
• No. 48— Wethersfield School District
• No. 49 — Bristol School District
• No. 50 — Darien School District
• No. 51 — Plymouth School District
• No. 52 — Somers School District
• No. 53 — Avon School District
• No. 54 — Regional School District No. 14 in Woodbury
• No. 55 — Oxford School District
• No. 56 — Cheshire Public Schools
• No. 57 — Guilford Public Schools
• No. 58 — Norwich School District
• No. 59 — Education Connection in Danbury
• No. 60 — Seymour School District
• No. 61 — Putnam School District
• No. 62 — Regional School District No. 12 in Washington Depot
• No. 63 — Canton School District
• No. 64 — Westbrook School District
• No. 65 — Naugatuck School District
• No. 66 — Northwestern Regional School District No. 7
• No. 67 — Shelton School District
• No. 68 — North Branford School District
• No. 69 — Granby School District
• No. 70 — Regional School District No. 19
• No. 71 — Griswold School District
• No. 72 — Milford School District
• No. 73 — North Stonington School District
• No. 74 — Ellington Public Schools
• No. 75 — Coventry School District
• No. 76 — Regional School District No. 8 in Hebron
• No. 77 — East Hampton School District
• No. 78 — New Britain School District
• No. 79 — Litchfield Public Schools
• No. 80 — Old Saybrook School District
• No. 81 — Regional School District No. 18 in Old Lyme
• No. 82 — Thompson School District
• No. 83 — Wolcott School District
• No. 84 — Lebanon School District
• No. 85 — Thomaston School District
• No. 86 — Bloomfield School District
• No. 87 — Portland School District
• No. 88 — Stratford School District
• No. 89 — Berlin School District
• No. 90 — Montville School District
• No. 91 — Middletown School District
• No. 92 — Ansonia School District
• No. 93 — Vernon School District
• No. 94 — East Hartford School District
• No. 95 — Regional School District No. 6 in Litchfield
• No. 96 — Bolton School District
• No. 97 — Colchester School District
• No. 98 — East Granby School District
• No. 99 — Enfield School District
• No. 100 — Norwalk School District
• No. 101 — Meriden School District
• No. 102 — Branford School District

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