U.S. News Ranks Stamford's Academy of Information and Technology Among Best Schools in Connecticut

The verdict is out on the top high schools in Connecticut after U.S. News & World Report released their rankings Tuesday.

The top three ranked schools in Connecticut are: 1. Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy in East Hartford, 2. the Amistad Academy in New Haven, and 3. Academy of Aerospace and Engineering in Hartford.

Several schools in Fairfield County including Stamford’s Academy of Information Technology made the list. Other local schools on the list include Westhill, Greenwich Weston, Darien and Wilton high schools.

The Academy is ranked the No. 43 best school in the state and No. 1,974 in the United States.

The student to faculty ratio is 12:1 and there are 684 students with 57 faculty members.

A total of 88 percent of students are proficient in reading and 9862 proficient in mathematics.

The key statistic is the college readiness index, which U.S. News & World defines as based on the percentage of 12th-graders who were tested and passed the AP exams.

The Academy’s score is 25.5, which is above the state average. The school’s AP participation rate is 41 percent.

By way of comparison the state’s top ranked high school has a college readiness index score of 95.3, and the No. 8 high school, Darien, has a college readiness index score of 59.5.

A college readiness score greater than 35 is above average and any score between 20-35 is near the state average, according to the report.

Read AITE’s full report here.

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