100 Best School Districts in Connecticut

By Brian McCready

We’re not even in 2016 yet but Niche.com has amassed its top 100 school districts in Connecticut list.

The results are based on a variety of metrics, including test scores, college readiness, graduation rates, teacher quality, reviews by students and staff, SAT scores and much more.

Specific grades were assigned to such categories as: academics, extracurricular, resources and facilities, teachers, and even food.

The top 10 reveals seven of the top rated school districts are located in Fairfield County and the other three are from Hartford County.

Here is the top 100 as compiled by Niche.com and you can click on the hyperlink to read in-depth on why that particular district was ranked where it was.

• 1 Westport School District
• 2 New Canaan School District
• 3 Wilton School District
• 4 Simsbury School District
• 5 Greenwich School District
• 6 Weston School District
• 7 Darien School District
• 8 Ridgefield School District
• 9 Glastonbury School District
• 10 Farmington School District
• 11 Amity Regional School District No. 5
• 12 West Hartford School District
• 13 Madison School District
• 14 Regional School District No. 18
• 15 Newtown School District
• 16 East Lyme School District
• 17 Avon School District
• 18 Regional School District No. 4
• 19 Old Saybrook School District
• 20 Fairfield School District
• 21 Monroe School District
• 22 Cheshire School District
• 23 Brookfield School District
• 24 Regional School District No. 12
• 25 Litchfield School District
• 26. Guilford School District

• 27 Trumbull School District
• 28 Regional School District No. 17
• 29 Regional School District No. 13
• 30 Waterford School District
• 31 Canton School District
• 32 South Windsor School District
• 33 Pomperaug Regional School District No. 15
• 34 Regional School District No. 8
• 35 Bethel School District
• 36 Groton School District
• 37 Suffield School District
• 38 Bolton School District
• 39 Northwestern Regional School District No. 7
• 40 New Fairfield School District
• 41 Branford School District
• 42 Southington School District
• 43 Plainville School District
• 44 Newington School District
• 45 Wallingford School District
• 46 Granby School District
• 47 Rocky Hill School District
• 48 North Haven School District
• 49 East Granby School District
• 50 Stamford School District
• 51 Regional School District No. 10
• 52 Coventry School District
• 53 East Hampton School District
• 54 Lisbon School District
• 55 Cromwell School District
• 56 Stonington School District
• 57 Ellington School District
• 58 Middletown School District
• 59 Windsor School District
• 60 Westbrook School District
• 61 Wolcott School District
• 62 Oxford School District
• 63 Regional School District No. 6
• 64 Plymouth School District
• 65 Somers School District
• 66 New Milford School District
• 67 Regional School District No. 14
• 68 Amistad Academy School District
• 69 Ledyard School District
• 70 North Branford School District
• 71 Wethersfield School District
• 72 Colchester School District
• 73 Bristol School District
• 74 Tolland School District
• 75 Seymour School District
• 76 Milford School District
• 77 Danbury School District
• 78 Shelton School District
• 79 Norwalk School District
• 80 Lebanon School District
• 81 Hamden School District
• 82 Berlin School District
• 83 North Stonington School District
• 84 Regional School District No. 16
• 85 Manchester School District
• 86 Ansonia School District
• 87 Killingly School District
• 88 East Haddam School District
• 89 Portland School District
• 90 Watertown School District
• 91 Montville School District
• 92 Torrington School District
• 93 Griswold School District
• 94 Clinton School District
• 95 Bloomfield School District
• 96 Windsor Locks School District
• 97 Stratford School District
• 98 Thomaston School District
• 99 Stafford School District
• 100 Vernon School District