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Danbury Among CT’s Top 100 School Districts for College Readiness
Niche ranks the top 100 school districts nationwide and in Connecticut for preparing students for college. How did Danbury do?
Danbury, CT — As high school students across Connecticut graduate, or are about to graduate, it’s never too soon to look at how school districts in Connecticut prepare students for college.
Niche.com, which analyzes schools across the country on a myriad of factors, has studied which school districts in the country, and in Connecticut, are the best at preparing students for college success.
According to Niche.com, the rankings are based on “graduation rates, AP enrollment, SAT/ACT scores, and the quality of colleges that students consider.”
Niche.com has concluded the top 5 school districts in the nation for preparing students for college are: Bloomfield Hills School in Michigan, Palo Alto Unified School District in California, Scarsdale Union Free School District in New York, Princeton Public School in Princeton, New Jersey and the Edgemont Union Free School District in Greenburgh, New York.
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Four Connecticut school districts crack the top 100 nationwide, including Westport at No. 33, Greenwich at No. 48, New Canaan at No. 64, and Wilton at No. 65.
Here is the top 100 according to Niche.com. (Click on the hyperlink to read about your local school district and why it was ranked where it was).
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- 1 Westport School District
- 2 Greenwich School District
- 3 New Canaan School District
- 4 Wilton School District
- 5 Simsbury School District
- 6 Darien School District
- 7 Ridgefield School District
- 8 Weston School District
- 9 Amity Regional School District No. 5 in Bethany, Orange and Woodbridge
- 10 Avon School District
- 11 Glastonbury School District
- 12 West Hartford School District
- 13 Madison School District
- 14 Fairfield School District
- 15 Farmington School District
- 16 Guilford Public Schools
- 17 Cheshire Public Schools
- 18 Newtown School District
- 19 East Lyme School District
- 20 Branford School District
- 21 Pomperaug Regional School District No. 15 in Middlebury and Southbury
- 22 Trumbull Public Schools
- 23 South Windsor School District
- 24 Regional School District No. 18 in Lyme
- 25 Monroe School District
- 26 Stamford School District
- 27 Brookfield School District
- 28 Groton School District
- 29 Old Saybrook School District
- 30 Litchfield Public Schools
- 31 Canton School District
- 32 New Fairfield School District
- 33 Regional School District No. 4 in Chester
- 34 Bethel School District
- 35 Rocky Hill School District
- 36 Southington School District
- 37 Norwalk School District
- 38 Cromwell School District
- 39 Regional School District No. 17 in Haddam
- 40 Danbury School District
- 41 Bolton School District
- 42 Regional School District No. 8 in Hebron
- 43 Suffield School District
- 44 Stonington School District
- 45 East Granby School District
- 46 Windsor School District
- 47 Granby School District
- 48 Regional School District No. 13 Middlefield
- 49 Wallingford School District
- 50 Tolland School District
- 51 Hamden School District
- 52 Ellington School District
- 53 North Branford School District
- 54 Middletown School District
- 55 Regional School District No. 14 in Woodbury
- 56 Wethersfield School District
- 57 Milford School District
- 58 Newington School District
- 59 Waterford School District
- 60 Ledyard School District
- 61 Regional School District No. 6 in Goshen
- 62 Regional School District No. 10 Harwinton
- 63 Northwestern Regional School District No. 7 Barkhamsted
- 64 North Haven School District
- 65 New Milford School District
- 66 Somers School District
- 67 Vernon School District
- 68 Torrington School District
- 69 East Hampton School District
- 70 Plainville School District
- 71 Killingly School District
- 72 Manchester School District
- 73 East Haddam School District
- 74 Wolcott School District
- 75 Oxford School District
- 76 Stratford School District
- 77 Ansonia School District
- 78 Shelton School District
- 79 North Stonington School District
- 80 East Hartford School District
- 81 Westbrook School District
- 82 Montville School District
- 83 Colchester School District
- 84 Plymouth School District
- 85 Berlin School District
- 86 Windsor Locks School District
- 87 Bristol School District
- 88 New Haven School District
- 89 Coventry School District
- 90 Hartford School District
- 91 Seymour School District
- 92 Clinton School District
- 93 West Haven School District
- 94 Lebanon School District
- 95 New London School District
- 96 Naugatuck School District
- 97 Griswold School District
- 98 Thomaston School District
- 99 Derby School District
- 100 Regional School District No. 16 in Prospect
- Read the full Niche.com report here.
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