Every Connecticut Public High School Ranked For 2020

CONNECTICUT — Connecticut may have some issues, failing transportation, high tax rate, and a reputation as being unfriendly to businesses. But there is one thing we have going for us and that is a stellar education system. Connecticut routinely ranks near the very top of the best educated states and Niche.com has just released its 2020 list of the 123 best public high schools in Connecticut.

Once again, Fairfield and Hartford county high schools dominated the top 10 in Connecticut. The first non-Fairfield and Hartford county school to make the list was Amity High School in Woodbridge at No. 16.

Connecticut's top entrant once again is Staples High School in Westport, which is the 100th best public high school in America, according to Niche.com.

Niche, a website for researching schools, used a variety of factors, including SAT/ACT scores, student-teacher ratio, the quality of colleges students consider and reviews from students and parents for its ranking.

Niche assigns a standardized score for each factor, which is then weighted before an overall score is calculated for each school district. The overall scores are again standardized and some districts are disqualified from receiving a final letter grade if there isn't enough data.

See related: Connecticut's Best School Districts 2020: New Rankings Released

Here is the list of the top 123 best public high schools in Connecticut:

1. Staples High School

2. New Canaan High School

3. Darien High School

4. Weston High School

5. Greenwich High School

6. Glastonbury High School

7. Conard High School

8. Simsbury High School

9. Wilton High School

10. Fairfield Warde High School

11. Farmington High School

12. Avon High School

13. Hall High School

14. Ridgefield High School

15. Fairfield Ludlowe High School

16. Amity Regional High School

17. Joel Barlow High School

18. Daniel Hand High School

19. East Lyme High School

20. Academy of Aerospace & Engineering

21. Canton High School

22. Guilford High School

23. Marine Science Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut

24. Masuk High School

25. Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy

26. Cheshire High School

27. Newtown High School

28. Trumbull High School

29. Elm City College Preparatory School

30. Achievement First Bridgeport Academy

31. Old Saybrook Senior High School

32. Brookfield High School

33. Rham High School

34. Pomperaug Regional High School

35. Granby Memorial High School

36. South Windsor High School

37. E.O. Smith High School

38. Bethel High School

39. Shepaug Valley School

40. Lyme-Old Lyme High School

41. Suffield High School

42. North Haven High School

43. Valley Regional High School

44. University High School of Science and Engineering

45. Stonington High School

46. Coginchaug Regional High School

47. Lewis S. Mills High School

48. Rocky Hill High School

49. Waterford High School

50. Coventry High School

51. Tolland High School

52. East Granby High School

53. Cromwell High School

54. Northwestern Regional High School

55. Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering & Physical Sciences at the Fairchild Wheeler Campus

56. Engineering - Science University Magnet School

57. Joseph A. Foran High School

58. Haddam-Killingworth High School

59. Wethersfield High School

60. Robert E. Fitch High School

61. Wheeler High School

62. Bacon Academy

63. Branford High School

64. Oxford High School

65. Litchfield High School

66. Bristol Central High School

67. Middletown High School

68. New Milford High School

69. Westhill High School

70. Brien McMahon High School

71. Berlin High School

72. Windsor High School

73. Westbrook High School

74. Ellington High School

75. Woodland Regional High School

76. The Morgan School

77. Southington High School

78. East Hampton High School

79. Amistad Academy

80. Jonathan Law High School

81. Mark T. Sheehan High School

82. Lyman Hall High School

83. Montville High School

84. Somers High School

85. Ledyard High School

86. Newington High School

87. Wolcott High School

88. Plainville High School

89. Bolton High School

90. Housatonic Valley Regional High School

91. Portland High School

92. Achievement First Hartford Academy

93. Three Rivers Middle College Magnet School

94. Parish Hill High School

95. Seymour High School

96. New Fairfield High School

97. Science & Technology Magnet School of Southeastern Connec

98. Manchester High School

99. Norwalk High School

100. Nonnewaug High School

101. Bristol Eastern High School

102. Stamford High School

103. Shelton High School

104. Stafford High School

105. Hamden High School

106. Griswold High School

107. Bunnell High School

108. Sound School

109. Danbury High School

110. East Hartford High School

111. Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy

112. Information Technology & Software Engineering at the Fairchild Wheeler Campus

113. Lyman Memorial High School

114. Enfield High School

115. Great Path Academy @ Manchester Community College

116. Waterbury Career Academy

117. Sports & Medical Sciences Academy

118. Wamogo Regional High School

119. Stratford High School

120. Rockville High School

121. North Branford High School

122. Ansonia High School

123. Thomaston High School

Public High Schools in CT that weren't ranked but did receive an overall letter grade:

B-

Two Rivers Magnet High School

Nathan Hale-Ray High School

Explorations

Pathways Academy of Technology and Design

Waterbury Arts Magnet School

Common Ground High School

Quinebaug Middle College

Cooperative High School

Wilbur Cross High School

Watertown High School

East Windsor High School

Metropolitan Learning Center

Ansonia High School

Putnam High School

Biotechnology Research & Zoological Sciences at the Fairchild Wheeler Campus

Connecticut River Academy

Classical Magnet School

Windsor Locks High School

Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts

Terryville High School

Killingly High School

Academy of Science and Innovation

Francis T. Maloney High School

Orville H. Platt High School

Naugatuck High School

Torrington High School

C+

High School in the Community

Capital Community College Magnet Academy

W.F. Kaynor Technical High School

Hill Regional Career High School

Public Safety Academy

Henry Abbott Technical High School

West Haven High School

Windham Technical High School

New Haven Academy

Derby High School

Arts at the Capitol Theater Magnet School

East Haven High School

Norwich Technical High School

New London High School

H.H. Ellis Technical High School

Plainfield High School

Tourtellotte Memorial High School

R.J. Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts

The Bridge Academy

Bloomfield High School

Windham High School

HPHS Academy of Engineering & Green Technology

J.M. Wright Technical High School

Hyde School of Health Science & Sports Medicine

New Britain High School

Stamford Academy

C

Howell Cheney Technical High School

E.C. Goodwin Technical High School

Central High School

H.C. Wilcox Technical High School

Global Experience Magnet School

Bridgeport Military Academy

Metropolitan Business Academy

Vinal Technical High School

John F. Kennedy High School

Capital Preparatory Harbor School

Culinary Arts Academy at Weaver High School

Bulkeley High School

Ella T. Grasso Southeastern Technical High School

Global Communications Academy

Bullard-Havens Technical High School

High School Inc

Oliver Wolcott Technical High School

Capital Preparatory Magnet School

C-

Platt Technical High School

HPHS Academy of Nursing and Health Sciences

James Hillhouse High School

Journalism and Media Academy Magnet School

Emmett O'Brien Technical High School

Hartford Public High School Law & Government Academy

Eli Whitney Technical High School

Crosby High School

A.I. Prince Technical High School

Wilby High School

Highville Charter School

Harding High School

D

Bassick High School