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Rank (of 178)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Sherman	1	0	0	0	0	0.99	3	2
2^nd	New Canaan	3	1	1	0	3	0.988	1	1
3^rd	Riverside	3	1	0	0	1	0.988	4	1
4^th	Old Greenwich	1	0	0	0	0	0.976	2	2
5^th	Weston	2	1	1	0	0	0.974	5
6^th	Redding	1	1	1	0	1	0.958	13	7
7^th	Madison	3	1	1	0	4	0.957	12	5
8^th	Darien	5	1	1	0	1	0.954	6	2
9^th	Ridgefield	8	3	1	0	3	0.941	7	2
10^th	Southport	1	0	0	0	2	0.937	29	19
11^th	Westport	8	2	1	0	5	0.935	8	3
12^th	Simsbury	2	1	1	0	5	0.932	10	2
13^th	Wilton	2	1	1	0	5	0.923	9	4
14^th	Washington	0	0	1	0	2	0.922	15	1
15^th	West Simsbury	1	0	0	0	1	0.921	11	4
16^th	Weatogue	1	0	0	0	0	0.915	22	6
17^th	Unionville	2	0	0	0	0	0.909	31	14
18^th	Easton	1	1	0	0	1	0.908	17	1
19^th	Harwinton	1	0	0	0	0	0.907	63	44
20^th	Higganum	2	0	1	0	1	0.896	20
21^st	Woodbridge	1	0	1	0	3	0.896	25	4
22^nd	South Glastonbury	3	0	0	0	0	0.89	29	7
23^rd	Lakeville	2	1	0	0	3	0.886	49	26
24^th	Cheshire	5	1	3	0	3	0.886	16	8
25^th	Washington Depot	1	0	0	0	1	0.874		(n/a)
26^th	Sandy Hook	2	0	1	0	0	0.873	28	2
27^th	Pomfret Center	1	0	0	0	0	0.871	39	12
28^th	Greenwich	6	2	2	0	9	0.868	32	4
29^th	Bethany	1	1	0	0	1	0.867	27	2
30^th	Old Lyme	1	1	1	1	0	0.867	14	16
31^st	Farmington	3	2	1	0	1	0.864	18	13
32^nd	Fairfield	11	3	2	0	10	0.864	33	1
33^rd	Orange	4	1	0	0	6	0.854	35	2
34^th	Beacon Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.851	61	27
35^th	Trumbull	9	2	4	2	5	0.847	24	11
36^th	Storrs	0	1	1	0	0	0.837	37	1
37^th	Andover	2	0	0	0	0	0.833	83	46
38^th	Bethlehem	1	0	0	0	1	0.823	47	9
39^th	North Stonington	1	0	1	0	1	0.819	42	3
40^th	Niantic	3	1	2	0	2	0.813	34	6
41^st	Chester	1	0	0	0	1	0.813	38	3
42^nd	Goshen	1	0	0	0	0	0.811		(n/a)
43^rd	Canton	1	2	1	0	1	0.807	41	2
44^th	Prospect	2	2	0	0	0	0.803	44
45^th	Stonington	1	0	0	0	1	0.803	26	19
46^th	North Haven	4	1	3	0	1	0.799	101	55
47^th	Kent	2	0	0	0	2	0.799		(n/a)
48^th	Tolland	2	1	1	0	0	0.795	57	9
49^th	Newtown	3	2	1	0	3	0.794	36	13
50^th	Cos Cob	1	0	0	0	0	0.793	88	38
51^st	Coventry	4	1	2	0	0	0.792	48	3
52^nd	Westbrook	1	1	1	0	1	0.792	84	32
53^rd	Southbury	2	1	1	0	0	0.791	65	12
54^th	East Granby	2	1	1	0	0	0.79	45	9
55^th	East Lyme	2	0	4	0	0	0.782	19	36
56^th	Somers	1	1	2	0	0	0.78	109	53
57^th	Marlborough	1	0	0	0	0	0.778	59	2
58^th	West Suffield	0	0	1	0	0	0.778	43	15
59^th	New Fairfield	1	1	2	0	0	0.773	55	4
60^th	Pawcatuck	1	1	1	0	1	0.766	64	4
61^st	Mansfield Center	1	0	0	0	3	0.764	73	12
62^nd	Burlington	1	1	1	0	1	0.764	70	8
63^rd	Plantsville	3	2	0	0	0	0.758	53	10
64^th	Guilford	4	2	1	0	0	0.755	40	24
65^th	Oxford	2	1	1	0	0	0.755	66	1
66^th	Ellington	3	1	1	0	0	0.754	46	20
67^th	Southington	9	2	3	0	2	0.754	58	9
68^th	Durham	1	1	1	0	3	0.752	72	4
69^th	Monroe	3	1	1	0	0	0.751	51	18
70^th	Bolton	1	0	1	0	1	0.747	74	4
71^st	Avon	5	2	1	0	4	0.747	79	8
72^nd	West Hartford	16	3	4	0	16	0.735	71	1
73^rd	Granby	2	1	1	0	0	0.733	54	19
74^th	Killingworth	1	1	0	0	0	0.728	52	22
75^th	South Windsor	5	1	1	0	0	0.721	68	7
76^th	Woodbury	1	1	1	0	0	0.72	90	14
77^th	Yalesville	2	0	0	0	0	0.72	77
78^th	Old Saybrook	1	1	1	0	3	0.713	82	4
79^th	Glastonbury	7	2	3	1	1	0.711	86	7
80^th	Tariffville	1	0	0	0	0	0.707	23	57
81^st	Hebron	2	1	1	0	0	0.704	50	31
82^nd	Lebanon	1	1	1	0	0	0.703	80	2
83^rd	East Hampton	2	1	2	0	0	0.699	75	8
84^th	Litchfield	3	1	1	0	3	0.698		(n/a)
85^th	Portland	2	2	1	0	0	0.693	87	2
86^th	Centerbrook	1	0	0	0	0	0.693	60	26
87^th	Brookfield	1	1	1	0	4	0.687	93	6
88^th	Deep River	1	1	1	0	0	0.684	69	19
89^th	Berlin	1	1	1	0	0	0.683	94	5
90^th	Cromwell	2	1	1	0	2	0.682	98	8
91^st	Bethel	3	1	1	0	2	0.678	81	10
92^nd	Wolcott	4	1	1	0	0	0.678	62	30
93^rd	Preston	1	1	0	0	0	0.674	110	17
94^th	Middlebury	2	1	0	0	1	0.673	103	9
95^th	Rocky Hill	5	1	1	0	0	0.672	91	4
96^th	Waterford	4	2	1	0	2	0.668	76	20
97^th	Colchester	2	1	1	0	0	0.665	85	12
98^th	Northford	1	0	1	0	0	0.663	92	6
99^th	Falls Village	1	0	1	0	0	0.659		(n/a)
100^th	Shelton	7	2	1	0	1	0.653	95	5
101^st	Milford	8	3	3	0	8	0.639	102	1
102^nd	Suffield	2	1	1	0	1	0.639	56	46
103^rd	Kensington	1	0	0	0	2	0.62	89	14
104^th	Quaker Hill	1	0	0	0	1	0.618	99	5
105^th	Branford	4	1	1	0	2	0.617	106	1
106^th	Salem	1	0	0	0	0	0.617	114	8
107^th	Canterbury	1	1	0	0	0	0.614	108	1
108^th	East Berlin	1	0	0	0	0	0.606		(n/a)
109^th	New Hartford	3	1	0	0	1	0.6	105	4
110^th	Clinton	1	1	2	0	0	0.598	111	1
111^th	Woodstock	1	1	2	0	0	0.592	126	15
112^th	Ledyard	1	0	1	0	0	0.589	97	15
113^th	Willington	1	1	0	0	0	0.585	67	46
114^th	Columbia	1	0	0	0	0	0.582	120	6
115^th	Moodus	1	1	1	0	0	0.58	113	2
116^th	Newington	4	2	1	0	1	0.579	119	3
117^th	Wethersfield	6	2	1	1	2	0.577	115	2
118^th	North Branford	1	1	1	0	0	0.576	96	22
119^th	Ashford	1	0	0	0	0	0.573	107	12
120^th	Broad Brook	0	1	0	0	0	0.566	104	16
121^st	Vernon	5	1	1	0	0	0.55	125	4
122^nd	Wallingford	7	2	3	0	8	0.546	122
123^rd	Seymour	2	1	1	0	0	0.543	123
124^th	Plainville	3	1	2	0	2	0.536	112	12
125^th	Oakdale	3	1	1	0	1	0.535	117	8
126^th	Thomaston	1	1	1	0	0	0.521	116	10
127^th	Winsted	2	2	6	0	1	0.514	132	5
128^th	Brooklyn	1	1	0	0	1	0.51	124	4
129^th	Meriden	10	4	5	0	5	0.499	136	7
130^th	Mystic	2	0	1	0	0	0.498	100	30
131^st	Middlefield	1	0	0	0	1	0.496	118	13
132^nd	Watertown	1	0	1	0	3	0.495	127	5
133^rd	Gales Ferry	2	1	0	0	0	0.493	130	3
134^th	Stafford Springs	2	1	1	0	0	0.483	142	8
135^th	Lisbon	1	0	0	0	0	0.482	131	4
136^th	Groton	3	1	3	0	1	0.476	128	8
137^th	West Haven	6	4	2	0	4	0.474	134	3
138^th	Bristol	15	7	4	1	6	0.468	133	5
139^th	Oakville	2	1	0	0	1	0.443	140	1
140^th	Griswold	1	1	1	0	0	0.442	151	11
141^st	Norwalk	14	4	5	0	2	0.44	143	2
142^nd	New Milford	4	1	2	0	2	0.427	135	7
143^rd	Sterling	1	0	0	0	0	0.426	152	9
144^th	Barkhamsted	3	0	0	0	0	0.425	121	23
145^th	Danielson	1	0	2	0	2	0.425	145
146^th	North Grosvenordale	1	1	1	0	1	0.411	129	17
147^th	Dayville	1	1	1	0	0	0.403	139	8
148^th	Plainfield	3	1	0	0	0	0.399	138	10
149^th	Torrington	7	2	2	0	2	0.386	154	5
150^th	Manchester	10	2	4	0	8	0.375	153	3
151^st	Naugatuck	6	3	1	0	4	0.374	160	9
152^nd	Stamford	16	5	5	0	18	0.373	148	4
153^rd	Uncasville	1	0	1	0	2	0.368	149	4
154^th	East Windsor	1	0	2	0	0	0.366	144	10
155^th	Enfield	13	1	4	0	4	0.365	146	9
156^th	Windsor Locks	2	1	2	0	0	0.347	150	6
157^th	Windsor	5	1	2	0	5	0.342	141	16
158^th	Terryville	1	1	1	0	0	0.339	137	21
159^th	Danbury	14	3	2	1	10	0.332	158	1
160^th	Putnam	1	1	2	0	2	0.322	156	4
161^st	Middletown	13	2	7	0	3	0.318	157	4
162^nd	East Haven	6	1	1	0	1	0.305	161	1
163^rd	North Windham	4	0	0	0	0	0.304	147	16
164^th	East Hartford	10	3	7	1	3	0.301	163	1
165^th	Stratford	16	4	6	0	3	0.288	159	6
166^th	Hamden	10	2	4	0	7	0.28	155	11
167^th	Norwich	12	3	3	0	3	0.274	162	5
168^th	Derby	2	1	1	0	1	0.264	164	4
169^th	Willimantic	4	1	3	0	1	0.261	166	3
170^th	Waterbury	29	6	8	2	11	0.223	167	3
171^st	New London	4	3	3	0	4	0.209	174	3
172^nd	Bridgeport	31	1	13	3	11	0.193	169	3
173^rd	New Haven	29	2	11	3	15	0.193	170	3
174^th	Ansonia	2	2	3	0	1	0.19	173	1
175^th	Bloomfield	4	2	3	1	2	0.179	172	3
176^th	New Britain	15	4	3	1	5	0.171	176
177^th	Hartford	34	6	20	3	12	0.17	175	2
178^th	Taftville	1	0	0	0	1	0.093	177	1

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