100 Best School Districts in Connecticut

By BRIAN MCCREADY (Patch Staff)

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

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. The other three are from Hartford County.

Niche’s Top 100 School Districts in Connecticut

Click on the hyperlinked school district name to read in-depth on why that particular district received its ranking.

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

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