Schools

Connecticut's Best Schools Ranked From No. 1 to No. 500

Niche.com has come up with the top 500 schools in Connecticut which includes private schools. Here is the full list from 1 to 500.

These are the top 500 schools in CT for 2020.
These are the top 500 schools in CT for 2020. (Patch Graphic )

CONNECTICUT — Niche.com, which specializes in all different types of rankings, including schools, has created a new list that is a bit different than the usual lists the company is known for. In this one, Niche has ranked what it says are the top 500 schools in Connecticut.

That may not sound different than Niche's usual rankings but this list includes both private and public schools and also includes elementary, middle and high schools all in the same list.

It's clear that Niche prefers private schools. The first 15 spots are all reserved for private schools. The first public school to crack the list is Staples High School in Westport at No. 16.

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It is important to remember that every school on this top 100 list receives either an "A+" or an "A" for an overall score from Niche. And a school ranked No. 500 still earns a "B" grade from Niche.com.

Of the top 100 schools in Connecticut, Niche concludes 38 are private schools. Twenty public high schools made the list along with 31 public elementary and 11 public middle schools.

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Niche's methodology is based on an analysis of academic and student-life data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, and feedback from Niche.com users.

Sixty-percent of the school's grade is a result of its "Academics Grade," which is based on state assessment proficiency, SAT/ACT scores, and survey responses on academics from students and parents. Other key factors include: culture and diversity grade, 10 percent, Parent/Student Surveys on Overall Experience, 10 percent, and Teachers Grade, which is based on teacher salary, teacher absenteeism, state test results, and survey responses on teachers from students and parents.


Here are the top 500 schools in Connecticut for 2020, according to Niche. (If you want to read reviews and why a specific school received the ranking that it did, please click on the blue hyperlink).

Top 100

135. Riverfield School, Fairfield School District, CT

136. South Kent School, Private School

137. Parkway School, Greenwich School District, CT

138. East Ridge Middle School, Ridgefield School District, CT

139. Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy, East Hartford School District, CT

140. Allgrove School, East Granby School District, CT

141. Sacred Heart Academy, Private School Hamden, CT

142. Central School, Simsbury School District, CT

143. Norfeldt School, West Hartford School District, CT

144. Xavier High School, Private School Middletown, CT

145. Dwight Elementary School, Fairfield School District, CT

146. Monroe Elementary School, Monroe School District, CT

147. King Philip Middle School, West Hartford School District, CT

148. Aiken School, West Hartford School District, CT

149. Braeburn School, West Hartford School District, CT

150. Mercy High School, Private School Middletown, CT

151. Stepney Elementary School, Monroe School District, CT

152. North Stratfield School, Fairfield School District, CT

153. Weston Middle School, Weston School District, CT

154. Squadron Line School, Simsbury School District, CT

155. Mill Hill School, Fairfield School District, CT

156. Jane Ryan School, Trumbull Public Schools, CT

157. Mile Creek School, Regional School District No. 18, CT

158. Cheshire High School, Cheshire Public Schools, CT

159. Newtown High School, Newtown School District, CT

160. Colebrook Consolidated School, Public School Colebrook, CT

161. Trumbull High School, Trumbull Public Schools, CT

162. Tashua School, Trumbull Public Schools, CT

163. Booker T. Washington Academy, Public School New Haven, CT

164. A. Baldwin Middle School, Guilford Public Schools, CT

165. Daniels Farm School, Trumbull Public Schools, CT

166. Elm City College Preparatory School, Public School New Haven, CT

167. Lyme Consolidated School, Regional School District No. 18, CT

168. Latimer Lane School, Simsbury School District, CT

169. Achievement First Bridgeport Academy, Public School Bridgeport, CT

170. Booth Hill School, Trumbull Public Schools, CT

171. Gainfield Elementary School, Pomperaug Regional School District No. 15, CT

172. J. Milton Jeffrey Elementary School, Madison Public Schools, CT

173. Doolittle School, Cheshire Public Schools, CT

174. Fawn Hollow Elementary School, Monroe School District, CT

175. Lillie B. Haynes School, East Lyme School District, CT

176. Timothy Edwards School, South Windsor School District, CT

177. North Stonington Elementary School, North Stonington School District, CT

178. Middlebrook School, Trumbull Public Schools, CT

179. Chester Elementary School, Public School Chester, CT

180. Flanders School, East Lyme School District, CT

181. The Burnham School, Regional School District No. 12, CT

182. Hillcrest Middle School, Trumbull Public Schools, CT

183. Scotts Ridge Middle School, Ridgefield School District, CT

184. Helen Keller Middle School, Easton School District, CT

185. Osborn Hill School, Fairfield School District, CT

186.Madison Middle School, Trumbull Public Schools, CT

187. Glenville School, Greenwich School District, CT

188. Annie E. Vinton School, Mansfield School District, CT

189. Wapping Elementary School, South Windsor School District, CT

190. Salem Elementary School, Public School Salem, CT

191. Old Saybrook Senior High School, Old Saybrook School District, CT

192. Veterans Park Elementary School, Ridgefield School District, CT

193. Samuel Staples Elementary School, Easton School District, CT

194. Jennings School, Fairfield School District, CT

195. Beecher Road School, Public School Woodbridge, CT

196. Norton School, Cheshire Public Schools, CT

197. Memorial Middle School, Pomperaug Regional School District No. 15, CT

198. Weston Intermediate School, Weston School District, CT

199. Pine Grove School, Avon School District, CT

200. Hawley Elementary School, Newtown School District, CT


201-300

201. Brookfield High School, Brookfield School District, CT

202. Duffy School, West Hartford School District, CT

203. Rham High School, Regional School District No. 8, CT

204. Kent Center School, Public School Kent, CT

205. Westbrook Middle School, Westbrook School District, CT

206. Deans Mill School, Stonington School District, CT

207. Pomperaug Regional High School, Pomperaug Regional School District No. 15, CT

208. Wolcott School, West Hartford School District, CT

209. Southeast Elementary School, Mansfield School District, CT

210. Head O'Meadow Elementary School, Newtown School District, CT

211. Putnam Science Academy, Private School Putnam, CT

212. Melissa Jones School, Guilford Public Schools, CT

213. Eli Terry School, South Windsor School District, CT

214. Henry James Memorial School, Simsbury School District, CT

215. Jockey Hollow School, Monroe School District, CT

216. West Hill School, Rocky Hill School District, CT

217. Redding Elementary School, Redding School District, CT

218. Granby Memorial High School, Granby School District, CT

219. Bridgeport International Academy, Private School Bridgeport, CT

220. East Catholic High School, Private School Manchester, CT

221. Hebrew High School of New England, Private School West Hartford, CT

222. Naubuc School, Glastonbury School District, CT

223. South Windsor High School, South Windsor School District, CT

224. Webster Hill School, West Hartford School District, CT

225. Frenchtown Elementary School, Trumbull Public Schools, CT

226. Mansfield Middle School School, Mansfield School District, CT

227. Smith School, West Hartford School District, CT

228. A.W. Cox School, Guilford Public Schools, CT

229. Guilford Lakes School, Guilford Public Schools, CT

230. Canton Middle School, Canton School District, CT

231. Kathleen H. Ryerson Elementary School, Madison Public Schools, CT

232. Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School, Regional School District No. 18, CT

233. Calvin Leete School, Guilford Public Schools, CT

234. Cos Cob School, Greenwich School District, CT

235. McKinley School, Fairfield School District, CT

236. Ridge Road Elementary School, North Haven School District, CT

237. Tomlinson Middle School, Fairfield School District, CT

238. Rochambeau Middle School, Pomperaug Regional School District No. 15, CT

239. E.O. Smith High School, Public School Storrs, CT

240. Saint Bernard School, Private School Uncasville, CT

241. Green Acres Elementary School, North Haven School District, CT

242. Bethel High School, Bethel School District, CT

243. Shepaug Valley School, Regional School District No. 12, CT

244. Andover Elementary School, Public School Andover, CT

245. Peck Place School, Orange School District, CT

246. Lyme-Old Lyme High School, Regional School District No. 18, CT

247. Reed Intermediate School Newtown School District, CT

248. East Granby Middle School East Granby School District, CT

249. Harwinton Consolidated School Regional School District No. 10, CT

250. Trinity Catholic High School, Private School Stamford, CT

251. Holy Cross High School, Private School Waterbury, CT

252. Frisbie School, Wolcott School District, CT

253. Litchfield Intermediate School, Litchfield Public Schools, CT

254. Oakdale School, Montville School District, CT

255. Suffield High School, Suffield School District, CT

256. John Read Middle School, Redding School District, CT

257. Portland Middle School Portland School District, CT

258. Salisbury Central School, Public School Lakeville, CT

259. Stratfield School, Fairfield School District, CT

260. Oliver Ellsworth School, Windsor School District, CT

261. Sedgwick Middle School, West Hartford School District, CT

262. North Haven High School, North Haven School District, CT

263. Dodd Middle School, Cheshire Public Schools, CT

264. St. Thomas More School, Private School Oakdale, CT

265. Litchfield Middle School, Litchfield Public Schools, CT

266. East Lyme Middle School, East Lyme School District, CT

267. Valley Regional High School, Regional School District No. 4, CT

268. University High School of Science and Engineering, Hartford School District, CT

269. Cornwall Consolidated School, Public School West Cornwall, CT

270. Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown School District, CT

271. Central Middle School, Greenwich School District, CT

272. Poquonock Elementary School, Windsor School District, CT

273. Essex Elementary School, Public School Centerbrook, CT

274. Stonington High School, Stonington School District, CT

275. Wells Road Intermediate School, Granby School District, CT

276. George Hersey Robertson School, Coventry School District, CT

277. Pomperaug School, Pomperaug Regional School District No. 15, CT

278. Coginchaug Regional High School, Regional School District No. 13, CT

279. Lake Garda Elementary School, Regional School District No. 10, CT

280. Rham Middle School, Regional School District No. 8, CT

281. Andover Elementary School, Public School Andover, CT

282. Windermere School, Ellington Public Schools, CT

283. Bethany Community School, Public School Bethany, CT

284. Burr District Elementary School, Regional School District No. 17, CT

285. R. Dudley Seymour School East Granby School District, CT

286. Cherry Brook Primary School Canton School District, CT

287. Dr. Robert H. Brown Intermediate School, Madison Public Schools, CT

288. Newtown Middle School Newtown School District, CT

289. Lewis S. Mills High School Regional School District No. 10, CT

290. Granby Memorial Middle School Granby School District, CT

291. Canton Intermediate School Canton School District, CT

292. Mystic Middle School Stonington School District, CT

293. Western Middle School Greenwich School District, CT

294. Daisy Ingraham School Westbrook School District, CT

295. Rocky Hill High School Rocky Hill School District, CT

296. Waterford High School Waterford School District, CT

297. Capt. Nathan Hale School Coventry School District, CT

298. Mohegan School Shelton School District, CT

299. Coventry High School Coventry School District, CT

300. Elmer Thienes-Mary Hall Elementary School Public School Marlborough, CT


301-400

301. Middlebury Elementary School Pomperaug Regional School District No. 15, CT

302. Brass City Charter School Public School Waterbury, CT

303. Myrtle H. Stevens School Rocky Hill School District, CT

303. Charter Oak International Academy West Hartford School District, CT

305. Meeting House Hill School New Fairfield School District, CT

306. Holland Hill School Fairfield School District, CT

307. Scotland Elementary School Public School Scotland, CT

308. House of Arts Letters & Science (HALS) Academy New Britain School District, CT

309. Tolland High School Tolland School District, CT

310. Albert D. Griswold Middle School Rocky Hill School District, CT

311. East Granby High School East Granby School District, CT

312. Cromwell High School Cromwell School District, CT

313. Voluntown Elementary School, Public School Voluntown, CT

314. Northwestern Regional High School Northwestern Regional School District No. 7, CT

315. Har-Bur Middle School Regional School District No. 10, CT

316. Notre Dame High School Private School Fairfield, CT

317. Kelley Elementary School Southington School District, CT

318. Deep River Elementary School Public School Deep River, CT

319. Middle Gate Elementary School Newtown School District, CT

320. Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering & Physical Sciences at the Fairchild Wheeler Campus Bridgeport School District, CT

321. Edith E. Mackrille School West Haven School District, CT

322. J.F. Kennedy School Milford School District, CT

323. Engineering - Science University Magnet School New Haven School District, CT

324. Joseph A. Foran High School Milford School District, CT

325. Laurel Ledge School Regional School District No. 16, CT

326. Haddam-Killingworth High School Regional School District No. 17, CT

327. Sunnyside School Shelton School District, CT

328. Haddam-Killingworth Middle School Regional School District No. 17, CT

329. Kathleen E. Goodwin School Old Saybrook School District, CT

330. Live Oaks School Milford School District, CT

331. Old Saybrook Middle School Old Saybrook School District, CT

332. Discovery Academy Public School Wethersfield, CT

333. Wethersfield High School Wethersfield School District, CT

334. Robert E. Fitch High School Groton School District, CT

335. Pawcatuck Middle School Stonington School District, CT

336. Wheeler High School North Stonington School District, CT

337. S.B. Butler School Groton School District, CT

338. Whisconier Middle School Brookfield School District, CT

339. University of Hartford Magnet School Public School West Hartford, CT

340. Plantsville Elementary School Southington School District, CT

341. Julian Curtiss School Greenwich School District, CT

342. Turkey Hill School Orange School District, CT

343. Brownstone Intermediate School Portland School District, CT

344. Alcott School Wolcott School District, CT

345. Great Neck Elementary School Waterford School District, CT

346. Northwestern Regional Middle School Northwestern Regional School District No. 7, CT

347. Frank A. Berry School Bethel School District, CT

348. Bacon Academy Colchester School District, CT

349. Race Brook School Orange School District, CT

350. Moody School Middletown School District, CT

351. Hartland School Public School East Hartland, CT

352. Branford High School Branford School District, CT

353. Oxford High School Oxford School District, CT

354. Litchfield High School Litchfield Public Schools, CT

355. Bristol Central High School Bristol School District, CT

356. Middletown High School Middletown School District, CT

357. Easton Country Day School Private School

358. Harborside Middle School Milford School District, CT

359. Jack Jackter Intermediate School Colchester School District, CT

360. Memorial School East Hampton School District, CT

361. Rowayton School Norwalk School District, CT

362. New Milford High School New Milford School District, CT

363. Northeast Academy Elementary School Groton School District, CT

364. Westhill High School Stamford School District, CT

365. Brien McMahon High School Norwalk School District, CT

366. North Haven Middle School North Haven School District, CT

367. Berlin High School Berlin School District, CT

368. Prospect Elementary School Regional School District No. 16, CT

369. Windsor High School Windsor School District, CT

370. New Lebanon School Greenwich School District, CT

371. Ralph M.T. Johnson School Bethel School District, CT

372. Alfred W. Hanmer School Wethersfield School District, CT

373. Westbrook High School Westbrook School District, CT

374. Killingworth Elementary School Regional School District No. 17, CT

375. Richard D. Hubbard School Berlin School District, CT

376. Elizabeth Shelton School Shelton School District, CT

377. Suffield Middle School Suffield School District, CT

378. Wells Road Intermediate School Granby School District, CT

379. Ellington High School Ellington Public Schools, CT

380. Mathewson School Milford School District, CT

381. Woodland Regional High School Regional School District No. 16, CT

382. The Morgan School Clinton School District, CT

383. Clintonville Elementary School North Haven School District, CT

384. Torrington Christian Academy Private School Torrington, CT

385. Walter C. Polson Upper Middle School Madison Public Schools, CT

386. Anna H. Rockwell School Bethel School District, CT

387. Hatton Elementary School Southington School District, CT

388. Booth Hill School Shelton School District, CT

389. Southington High School Southington School District, CT

390. Ellington Middle School Ellington Public Schools, CT

391. East Hampton High School East Hampton School District, CT

392. Amistad Academy Public School New Haven, CT

393. Jonathan Law High School Milford School District, CT

394. Hebron Elementary School Hebron School District, CT

395. Preston Plains School Preston School District, CT

396. St. Paul Catholic High School Private School Bristol, CT

397. Mark T. Sheehan High School Wallingford School District, CT

398. Warren Elementary School Regional School District No. 6, CT

399. Norwich Free Academy Private School Norwich, CT

400. Lyman Hall High School Wallingford School District, CT


401-500

401. Faith Preparatory School Private School New Milford, CT

402. Montville High School Montville School District, CT

403. Side by Side Charter School Public School Norwalk, CT

404. Somers High School Somers School District, CT

405. Pumpkin Delight School Milford School District, CT

406. Huckleberry Hill Elementary School Brookfield School District, CT

407. Long Hill School Shelton School District, CT

408. Orchard Hills School Milford School District, CT

409. West Woods School Hamden School District, CT

410. John Winthrop Middle School Regional School District No. 4, CT

411. William J. Johnston Middle School Colchester School District, CT

412. Reuben E. Thalberg Elementary School Southington School District, CT

413. Center School Litchfield Public Schools, CT

414. Montowese Elementary School North Haven School District, CT

415. Ledyard High School Ledyard School District, CT

416. New Fairfield Middle School New Fairfield School District, CT

417. Mary E. Griswold School Berlin School District, CT

418. Jared Eliot School Clinton School District, CT

419. Orange Avenue School Milford School District, CT

420. Derynoski Elementary School Southington School District, CT

421. Dr. Charles E. Murphy School Montville School District, CT

422. Flanders Elementary School Southington School District, CT

423. Newington High School Newington School District, CT

424. James Morris School Regional School District No. 6, CT

425. Pleasant Valley SchoolGroton School District, CT

426. Wolcott High School Wolcott School District, CT

427. Middlefield Memorial School Regional School District No. 13, CT

428. Bear Path School Hamden School District, CT

429. Plainville High School Plainville School District, CT

430. John Lyman School Regional School District No. 13, CT

431. Emerson-Williams School Wethersfield School District, CT

432. East Haddam Elementary School East Haddam School District, CT

433. Bolton Center School Bolton School District, CT

434. Abraham Pierson School Clinton School District, CT

435. Union Elementary School Public School Union, CT

436. Pomfret Community School Public School Pomfret Center, CT

437. Catherine M. McGee Middle School Berlin School District, CT

438. Center School Ellington Public Schools, CT

439. Meadowside School Milford School District, CT

440. Tolland Middle School Tolland School District, CT

441. William M. Strong Elementary School Southington School District, CT

442. Bethel Middle School Bethel School District, CT

443. Highcrest School Wethersfield School District, CT

444. Sherman School Public School Sherman, CT

445. East Shore Middle School Milford School District, CT

446. Tolland Intermediate School Tolland School District, CT

447. Quaker Hill Elementary School Waterford School District, CT

448. Silas Deane Middle School Wethersfield School District, CT

449. Bolton High School Bolton School District, CT

450. Sacred Heart High School Private School Waterbury, CT

451. Worthington Hooker School New Haven School District, CT

452. Perry Hill Elementary School Shelton School District, CT

453. The Cornerstone Christian School Private School Manchester, CT

454. Housatonic Valley Regional High School Regional School District No. 1, CT

455. Portland High School Portland School District, CT

456. John Paterson School Newington School District, CT

457. Achievement First Hartford Academy Public School Hartford, CT

458. Mary R. Tisko School Branford School District, CT

459. John B. Sliney School Branford School District, CT

460. Cranbury Elementary School Norwalk School District, CT

461. Plymouth Center School Plymouth School District, CT

462. Oxford Center School Oxford School District, CT

463. Three Rivers Middle College Magnet School Public School Norwich, CT

464. Mill Ridge Primary School Danbury School District, CT

465. West Shore Middle School Milford School District, CT

466. Hamilton Avenue School Greenwich School District, CT

467. Joseph A. Depaolo Middle School Southington School District, CT

468. Frank Ward Strong School Regional School District No. 13, CT

469. Gildersleeve School Portland School District, CT

470. Oswegatchie Elementary School Waterford School District, CT

471. Parish Hill High School Public School Chaplin, CT

472. Tyrrell Middle School Wolcott School District, CT

473. Seymour High School Seymour School District, CT

474. Goshen Center School Regional School District No. 6, CT

475. Westover School Stamford School District, CT

476. New Fairfield High School New Fairfield School District, CT

477. Wakelee School Wolcott School District, CT

478. John F. Kennedy Middle School Southington School District, CT

479. Cromwell Middle School Cromwell School District, CT

480. Spring Glen School Hamden School District, CT

481. Academy of the Arts Elementary Magnet School Public School Avon, CT

482. Science & Technology Magnet School of Southeastern Connec New London School District, CT

483. Northeast School Vernon School District, CT

484. Emma Hart Willard School Berlin School District, CT

485. Edgewood School Bristol School District, CT

486. Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School East Haddam School District, CT

487. Preston Veterans' Memorial School Preston School District, CT

488. Manchester High School Manchester School District, CT

489. Chatfield-Lopresti School Seymour School District, CT

490. North Canaan Elementary School Public School North Canaan, CT

491. Norwalk High School Norwalk School District, CT

492. Eastford Elementary School Public School Eastford, CT

493. Nonnewaug High School Regional School District No. 14, CT

494. Samuel B. Webb Elementary School Wethersfield School District, CT

495. Frederick Brewster School Regional School District No. 13, CT

496. Bristol Eastern High School Bristol School District, CT

497. Mohegan School Montville School District, CT

498. Martin Kellogg Middle School Newington School District, CT

499. Stamford High School Stamford School District, CT

500. Shelton High School Shelton School District, CT

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