Newsweek Ranks East Lyme High and Lyme-Old Lyme High Schools Among The Best In The Nation

When you go to the polls today to cast your vote in the referendum on the Lyme-Old Lyme School school budget, keep this in mind. In case you needed further proof that our local schools are outstanding, both East Lyme High School and Lyme-Old Lyme High School are listed among Newsweek’s best high schools in the nation.

East Lyme High School is 723rd on the list of the top 2,000 and Lyme-Old Lyme High School is 810th. For its annual ranking, Newsweek surveyed almost 2,500 schools nationwide, gathering data on graduation rates (weighted 25 percent), college matriculation rates (25 percent), AP/IB/AICE tests taken per student (25 percent), average SAT/ACT scores (10 percent), average AP/IB/AICE scores (10 percent) and percent of students taking at least one college-level course (5 percent).

East Lyme High School had a graduation rate of 96 percent, 89 percent of whom went on to study at a higher education level. Students scored an average of 1638 on the SATs, scored 3.9 on AP tests score.  

Lyme-Old Lyme High School had a 98 percent graduation rate, 88 percent of the students went on to high education, and students had an average SAT score of 1688 and scored 3.2 on AP tests. 

The No. 1 school in the nation, Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky, obtained a score of 4.84, with 100 percent graduation and matriculation rates and an average SAT score of 2070.

East Lyme came in 17th out of 35 Connecticut high schools to make the list and Lyme-Old Lyme High School was ranked 19th in Connecticut.

Connecticut IB Academy in East Hartford ranked first among Connecticut schools to make the list, coming in at 112th overall, with Weston High School second (190 overall) and Staples High School in Westport at third (196 overall).

This story was written with Aaron Boyd.