Best High Schools in Connecticut for Female Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Connecticut!

Every year, the Connecticut Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Female students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Connecticut test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the NGSS and SAT test scores by the Connecticut Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, August 27, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Female vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 102)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Female)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Female)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Wilton High School	Public	9-12	395 Danbury Rd.	Wilton	06897	Fairfield County	Wilton School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 762-0381	1,244	99	12.5		931 (74.8%)	15 (1.2%)	85 (6.8%)	134 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	76 (6.1%)	$22,584							99.0%		(n/a)%			090513001076
2	Staples High School	Public	9-12	70 North Ave.	Westport	06880	Fairfield County	Westport School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 341-1210	1,626	153	10.6		1,247 (76.7%)	32 (2.0%)	132 (8.1%)	99 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	113 (6.9%)	$24,681							98.0%	97.9%	0.11%			090504001058
3	Joel Barlow High School	Public	9-12	100 Black Rock Tpke.	Redding	06896	Fairfield County	Regional School District 09	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 938-2508	737	65	11.2	13.0%	582 (79.0%)	18 (2.4%)	70 (9.5%)	36 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.2%)	$28,715							97.1%	97.2%	0.18%			090378000773
4	New Canaan High School	Public	8-12	11 Farm Rd.	New Canaan	06840	Fairfield County	New Canaan School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 594-4600	1,257	104	12		999 (79.5%)	14 (1.1%)	90 (7.2%)	100 (8.0%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	47 (3.7%)	$25,690							96.1%	99.3%	3.23%			090270000531
5	Darien High School	Public	9-12	80 High School Ln.	Darien	06820	Fairfield County	Darien School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 655-3981	1,398	122	11.4		1,151 (82.3%)	9 (0.6%)	113 (8.1%)	81 (5.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	40 (2.9%)	$24,718							95.1%	95.9%	0.76%			090105000164
6	Weston High School	Public	9-12	115 School Rd.	Weston	06883	Fairfield County	Weston School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 221-6500	709	63	11.2		544 (76.7%)	12 (1.7%)	63 (8.9%)	43 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (6.5%)	$27,573							94.1%	98.6%	4.50%			090501001046
7	Simsbury High School	Public	9-12	34 Farms Village Rd.	Simsbury	06070	Hartford County	Simsbury School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 658-0451	1,246	101	12.3	16.9%	903 (72.5%)	73 (5.9%)	122 (9.8%)	83 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (4.7%)	$21,764							93.1%	96.6%	3.41%			090411000813
8	Fairfield Ludlowe High School	Public	9-12	785 Unquowa Rd.	Fairfield	06824	Fairfield County	Fairfield School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 255-7201	1,489	122	12.1	13.3%	1,145 (76.9%)	36 (2.4%)	144 (9.7%)	93 (6.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (4.5%)	$21,965							92.2%	90.3%	1.81%			090153001379
9	Greenwich High School	Public	9-12	10 Hillside Rd.	Greenwich	06830	Fairfield County	Greenwich School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 625-8000	2,633	197	13.3	21.7%	1,530 (58.1%)	70 (2.7%)	653 (24.8%)	222 (8.4%)	5 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	149 (5.7%)	$26,306							91.2%		(n/a)%			090171000300
10	Haddam-Killingworth High School	Public	9-12	95 Little City Road	Higganum	06441	Middlesex County	Regional School District 17	No	No	No	No	(860) 345-8541	518	51	10	13.9%	454 (87.6%)	7 (1.4%)	22 (4.2%)	16 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.1%)	$25,496							90.2%	87.6%	2.61%			090353900759

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SAT English Language Arts, SAT Math, NGSS Science test scores released by the Connecticut Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 27, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Connecticut Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Connecticut Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education.