CT's Best School Districts For 2020: From No. 1 To No. 87

CONNECTICUT — Data compiler Niche has ranked Connecticut's best school districts for the 2019-2020 school year. The rankings were released earlier this year as part of the website's 2020 K-12 rankings.

Each Connecticut district received a letter grade in the following categories: Academics; Diversity; Teachers; College Prep; Clubs & Activities; Health & Safety; Administration; Sports; Food; and Resources & Facilities.

National rankings (for those in the top 100 in America) are in parenthesis.

To arrive at the rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data, and ratings collected from Niche users. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

The top-ranked school district in Connecticut is Westport. Niche gave Westport an A or an A+ in all categories except for diversity (C). Last year, New Canaan was number 1. (See last year's list as a comparison: Connecticut's Best School Districts: New Rankings Released)

Here is the full list of the top school districts in CT, as ranked by Niche.com:

1. Westport School District (No. 28 in America)

2. New Canaan School District (No. 31 in America)

3. Glastonbury School District

4. Amity Regional School District No. 5

5. Darien School District

6. Weston School District

7. Farmington School District

8. Wilton Public Schools

9. Fairfield School District

10. West Hartford School District

11. Ridgefield School District

12. Greenwich School District

13. Simsbury School District

14. Avon School District

15. Madison School District

16. East Lyme School District

17. Cheshire Public Schools

18. Monroe School District

19. Regional School District No. 12

20. Guilford Public Schools

21. South Windsor School District

22. Newtown School District

23. Regional School District No. 8

24. Trumbull Public Schools

25. Old Saybrook School District

26. Canton School District

27. Pomperaug Regional School District No. 15

28. Regional School District No. 18

29. North Haven School District

30. Rocky Hill School District

31. Brookfield School District

32. Northwestern Regional School District No. 7

33. Coventry School District

34. Regional School District No. 10

35. Bethel School District

36. North Stonington School District

37. Regional School District No. 4

38. Stonington School District

39. Westbrook School District

40. Granby School District

41. Suffield School District

42. Waterford School District

43. Regional School District No. 13

44. East Granby School District

45. Litchfield Public Schools

46. Wolcott School District

47. Regional School District No. 17

48. Tolland School District

49. Wethersfield School District

50. Regional School District No. 16

51. East Hampton School District

52. Cromwell School District

53. Berlin School District

54. Ellington Public Schools

55. Colchester School District

56. Clinton School District

57. Groton School District

58. Branford School District

59. Milford School District

60. Regional School District No. 1

61. Southington School District

62. Windsor School District

63. Oxford School District

64. Stamford School District

65. Portland School District

66. Newington School District

67. New Fairfield School District

68. Middletown School District

69. Wallingford School District

70. Montville School District

71. Seymour School District

72. Bristol School District

73. Ledyard School District

74. Bolton School District

75. Plainville School District

76. Regional School District No. 6

77. Griswold School District

78. Somers School District

79. Norwalk School District

80. Stafford School District

81. Manchester School District

82. New Milford School District

83. Lebanon School District

84. Shelton School District

85. East Haddam School District

86. Regional School District No. 14

87. East Hartford School District

Not ranked by Niche.com but given an overall letter grade by Niche.

B-

Hamden School District

Watertown School DistricT

Danbury School District

Enfield School District

North Branford School District

Putnam School District

Thomaston School District

Plymouth School District

Stratford School District

Vernon School District

Killingly School District

C+

Naugatuck School District

Windsor Locks School District

Plainfield School District

West Haven School District

C

Ansonia School District

Derby School District

New Haven School District

East Windsor School District

Meriden School District

Bloomfield School District

New London School District

Thompson School District

East Haven School District

C-

Torrington School District

Hartford School District

Windham School District

Bridgeport School District

New Britain School District

Waterbury School District