Connecticut City Rankings

Updated Monday, September 16, 2019, based on the 2018-19 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 173)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2019)	Rank (2018)	Rank change from 2018
1^st	New Canaan	3	1	1	0	2	0.984	1
2^nd	Kent	2	0	0	0	2	0.977	19	17
3^rd	Old Greenwich	1	0	0	0	0	0.967	3
4^th	Riverside	3	1	0	0	0	0.966	2	2
5^th	Westport	8	2	1	0	3	0.962	4	1
6^th	Redding	1	1	1	0	0	0.956	8	2
7^th	Darien	5	1	1	0	1	0.949	7
8^th	Old Lyme	2	1	1	1	0	0.941	12	4
9^th	Ridgefield	8	3	1	0	3	0.938	13	4
10^th	Monroe	3	1	1	0	0	0.929	21	11
11^th	Cheshire	6	1	3	0	3	0.916	28	17
12^th	Farmington	3	2	1	0	1	0.908	9	3
13^th	Simsbury	2	1	1	0	2	0.905	11	2
14^th	Wilton	2	1	1	0	4	0.893	15	1
15^th	North Stonington	1	0	1	0	1	0.892	23	8
16^th	Trumbull	9	2	4	2	5	0.892	17	1
17^th	Salem	1	0	0	0	0	0.892	30	13
18^th	Centerbrook	1	0	0	0	0	0.887	75	57
19^th	Weston	2	1	1	0	0	0.877	10	9
20^th	Lakeville	2	1	0	0	3	0.872		(n/a)
20^th	South Glastonbury	3	0	0	0	0	0.872	20
22^nd	Easton	1	1	0	0	1	0.87	6	16
23^rd	Storrs Mansfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.869	34	11
24^th	Voluntown	1	0	0	0	0	0.863	50	26
25^th	Guilford	4	2	1	0	0	0.862	16	9
26^th	Southbury	2	1	1	0	0	0.862	33	7
27^th	Lyme	1	0	0	0	0	0.86	14	13
28^th	Woodbridge	1	0	1	0	3	0.852	37	9
29^th	Niantic	3	1	2	0	1	0.839		(n/a)
30^th	Fairfield	11	3	2	0	8	0.838	29	1
31^st	Southport	1	0	0	0	2	0.837	38	7
32^nd	Bethany	1	1	0	0	0	0.837	22	10
33^rd	Middlebury	2	1	0	0	1	0.832	55	22
34^th	Barkhamsted	3	0	0	0	0	0.83		(n/a)
35^th	Canton	1	2	1	0	1	0.828	27	8
36^th	Orange	4	1	0	0	3	0.826	31	5
37^th	East Lyme	2	0	4	0	0	0.822		(n/a)
38^th	West Simsbury	1	0	0	0	1	0.818	35	3
39^th	Chester	1	0	0	0	1	0.814	40	1
40^th	Harwinton	1	0	0	0	0	0.81	24	16
41^st	Higganum	3	0	1	0	0	0.808	26	15
42^nd	Stonington	1	0	0	0	1	0.805	5	37
43^rd	Newtown	3	2	1	0	2	0.799	46	3
44^th	Burlington	1	1	1	0	0	0.797	32	12
45^th	Madison	4	2	1	0	3	0.794	56	11
46^th	Deep River	1	1	1	0	0	0.792	36	10
47^th	Plymouth	1	0	0	0	0	0.791	43	4
48^th	Durham	1	1	1	0	0	0.786	68	20
49^th	Granby	2	1	1	0	0	0.784	47	2
50^th	Old Saybrook	1	1	1	0	3	0.783	82	32
51^st	Bolton	1	0	1	0	0	0.782	54	3
52^nd	Weatogue	1	0	0	0	0	0.776	57	5
53^rd	Glastonbury	7	2	3	1	0	0.771	39	14
54^th	Cos Cob	1	0	0	0	0	0.764	73	19
55^th	Westbrook	1	1	1	0	0	0.762	45	10
56^th	Tariffville	1	0	0	0	0	0.761	61	5
57^th	Washington	0	0	1	0	1	0.76		(n/a)
58^th	Wolcott	4	1	1	0	0	0.749	59	1
59^th	New Fairfield	2	1	2	0	0	0.748		(n/a)
60^th	East Granby	2	1	1	0	0	0.745	48	12
61^st	Hebron	2	1	1	0	0	0.741	44	17
62^nd	Pawcatuck	3	1	1	0	1	0.739	80	18
63^rd	Goshen	1	0	0	0	0	0.738	25	38
64^th	Mansfield Center	2	0	0	0	3	0.734	18	46
65^th	South Windsor	5	1	1	0	0	0.733	62	3
66^th	Middlefield	1	1	0	0	1	0.732	78	12
67^th	Litchfield	2	2	2	0	2	0.73	63	4
68^th	Avon	6	2	1	0	2	0.73	67	1
69^th	Quaker Hill	1	0	0	0	1	0.73	84	15
70^th	Tolland	2	1	1	0	0	0.723	64	6
71^st	North Haven	4	1	3	0	1	0.722	89	18
72^nd	Sandy Hook	2	0	1	0	0	0.715		(n/a)
73^rd	Greenwich	6	2	2	0	8	0.711	65	8
74^th	Prospect	2	2	0	0	0	0.71	60	14
75^th	West Hartford	16	3	4	0	14	0.709	72	3
76^th	Rocky Hill	4	1	1	0	0	0.708	70	6
77^th	East Berlin	1	0	0	0	0	0.705		(n/a)
78^th	Southington	10	2	3	0	2	0.704	77	1
79^th	Pomfret Center	1	0	0	0	0	0.703	53	26
80^th	Sherman	1	0	0	0	0	0.703	95	15
81^st	Oakdale	3	1	1	0	1	0.691	99	18
82^nd	Mystic	2	2	1	0	0	0.686	66	16
83^rd	Suffield	2	1	1	0	0	0.686	90	7
84^th	Killingworth	0	1	0	0	0	0.683	52	32
85^th	Colchester	2	1	1	0	0	0.683	69	16
86^th	Shelton	7	2	1	0	1	0.682	41	45
87^th	Plantsville	4	2	0	0	0	0.677	81	6
88^th	Brookfield	2	1	1	0	4	0.675	71	17
89^th	Cromwell	2	1	1	0	1	0.673	92	3
90^th	Vernon Rockville	2	0	1	0	0	0.672	126	36
91^st	West Suffield	0	0	1	0	0	0.669		(n/a)
92^nd	Portland	2	2	1	0	0	0.657		(n/a)
93^rd	Marlborough	1	0	0	0	0	0.657	83	10
94^th	Milford	8	3	3	0	5	0.655	102	8
95^th	Ellington	3	1	1	0	0	0.652	76	19
96^th	Moodus	1	1	1	0	0	0.651	87	9
97^th	Waterford	4	3	1	0	1	0.644	94	3
98^th	Oxford	2	1	1	0	0	0.638	88	10
99^th	Beacon Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.626	49	50
100^th	Berlin	1	1	1	0	0	0.623	74	26
101^st	Somers	1	1	2	0	0	0.617		(n/a)
102^nd	Bethlehem	1	0	0	0	1	0.611	109	7
103^rd	Columbia	1	0	0	0	0	0.607	106	3
104^th	Wethersfield	6	2	1	1	1	0.604	96	8
105^th	Oakville	2	1	0	0	1	0.591	105
106^th	Winsted	2	2	6	0	1	0.583	100	6
107^th	Branford	4	1	1	0	1	0.582	114	7
108^th	Kensington	1	0	0	0	2	0.58	79	29
109^th	Newington	4	2	1	0	0	0.576	111	2
110^th	Woodbury	1	1	1	0	0	0.575	97	13
111^th	Clinton	2	1	2	0	0	0.57		(n/a)
112^th	Plainville	3	1	1	0	2	0.568	101	11
113^th	Preston	1	1	0	0	0	0.566	103	10
114^th	Thomaston	1	1	1	0	0	0.561	120	6
115^th	Willington	1	1	0	0	0	0.561	107	8
116^th	Uncasville	1	0	1	0	1	0.556	93	23
117^th	New Milford	4	1	2	0	2	0.554		(n/a)
118^th	Woodstock	1	1	2	0	0	0.553	91	27
119^th	Canterbury	1	1	0	0	0	0.538	115	4
120^th	Lebanon	1	1	1	0	0	0.534	86	34
121^st	Lisbon	1	0	0	0	0	0.529	129	8
122^nd	Chaplin	1	0	1	0	0	0.517		(n/a)
123^rd	Vernon	3	1	1	0	0	0.517	127	4
124^th	Watertown	1	0	1	0	2	0.51	112	12
125^th	Brooklyn	1	1	0	0	0	0.509	113	12
126^th	Seymour	2	1	1	0	0	0.495	122	4
127^th	Gales Ferry	2	1	0	0	0	0.494	110	17
128^th	Terryville	1	1	2	0	0	0.492	125	3
129^th	Northford	1	0	1	0	0	0.473	117	12
130^th	Yalesville	2	0	0	0	0	0.471	124	6
131^st	Canaan	1	0	0	0	0	0.469	98	33
132^nd	Wallingford	7	2	3	0	5	0.467	130	2
133^rd	Naugatuck	7	3	1	0	1	0.465	121	12
134^th	Dayville	1	1	1	0	0	0.464		(n/a)
135^th	Plainfield	3	1	0	0	0	0.46	119	16
136^th	Ashford	1	0	0	0	0	0.458	108	28
137^th	Putnam	1	1	2	0	2	0.441	131	6
138^th	North Windham	4	0	0	0	0	0.44	134	4
139^th	Enfield	15	1	4	0	4	0.429		(n/a)
140^th	Middletown	13	3	6	0	3	0.424	139	1
141^st	Stamford	16	6	6	0	9	0.422	136	5
142^nd	Groton	4	1	3	0	1	0.412	123	19
143^rd	West Haven	6	4	2	0	4	0.404	138	5
144^th	Windsor Locks	2	1	2	0	0	0.402		(n/a)
145^th	Ledyard	2	0	1	0	0	0.396	118	27
146^th	Hamden	10	2	2	0	7	0.394	133	13
147^th	Norwalk	14	4	4	0	1	0.393	137	10
148^th	Danbury	14	3	2	1	8	0.39	141	7
149^th	Bristol	17	7	3	1	4	0.386	132	17
150^th	Windsor	5	1	2	0	4	0.374	135	15
151^st	Meriden	10	4	5	0	5	0.347	146	5
152^nd	Stratford	18	4	6	0	1	0.339	144	8
153^rd	Windham	1	0	0	0	0	0.335	152	1
154^th	Bloomfield	4	2	3	1	2	0.334	148	6
155^th	East Haven	6	1	1	0	1	0.331	143	12
156^th	North Grosvenordale	1	1	1	0	1	0.315	145	11
157^th	Derby	3	1	1	0	1	0.307	149	8
158^th	Taftville	1	0	0	0	1	0.293	153	5
159^th	Norwich	13	3	3	0	1	0.28	147	12
160^th	Manchester	11	2	4	0	7	0.279	154	6
161^st	Sterling	1	0	0	0	0	0.276	150	11
162^nd	Broad Brook	0	1	0	0	0	0.266	140	22
163^rd	Torrington	8	1	2	0	1	0.261	142	21
164^th	New Haven	33	1	11	3	12	0.223	155	9
165^th	Ansonia	2	2	3	0	1	0.215	151	14
166^th	East Hartford	9	3	6	1	2	0.214	160	6
167^th	Hartford	35	5	22	5	9	0.194	156	11
168^th	Waterbury	28	6	7	2	9	0.193	159	9
169^th	Bridgeport	30	2	10	3	7	0.186	157	12
170^th	New London	5	3	2	0	4	0.174	161	9
171^st	East Windsor	1	0	2	0	0	0.174		(n/a)
172^nd	Willimantic	4	1	3	0	1	0.161		(n/a)
173^rd	New Britain	15	4	3	1	4	0.131	162	11

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