Best public high schools in Connecticut

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A class of high schoolers as viewed from the rear.
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- Location: Learn, CT
- Enrollment: 80 (20:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#30. Three Rivers Middle College Magnet High School
A student filling out a scantron form for a multiple choice test.
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- Location: South Windsor School District, CT
- Enrollment: 1,281 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#29. South Windsor High School
A student talking to a teacher in the hallway.
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- Location: Monroe School District, CT
- Enrollment: 1,052 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#28. Masuk High School
A student standing next to their backpack as seen from the knee down.
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- Location: Newtown School District, CT
- Enrollment: 1,396 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#27. Newtown High School
Students walking down a hallway with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Trumbull Public Schools, CT
- Enrollment: 2,139 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#26. Trumbull High School
A high school student doing a chemical experiment.
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- Location: Redding, CT
- Enrollment: 813 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#25. Joel Barlow High School
A high school student sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper.
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- Location: Amity Regional School District No. 5, CT
- Enrollment: 1,395 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#24. Amity Regional High School
A student raising their hand in class.
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- Location: Cheshire Public Schools, CT
- Enrollment: 1,313 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#23. Cheshire High School
An empty school hallway lined with red lockers.
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- Location: East Hartford School District, CT
- Enrollment: 176 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#22. Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy
A student solving a math equation on a whiteboard.
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- Location: Fairfield School District, CT
- Enrollment: 1,525 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#21. Fairfield Ludlowe High School
A row of empty desks with notebooks and pencils on them.
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- Location: East Lyme School District, CT
- Enrollment: 970 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#20. East Lyme High School
A hallway lined with green lockers.
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- Location: Guilford Public Schools, CT
- Enrollment: 1,089 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#19. Guilford High School
A side view of a person using a laptop in the school library.
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- Location: Simsbury School District, CT
- Enrollment: 1,274 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#18. Simsbury High School
An empty classroom as viewed from the back.
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- Location: West Hartford School District, CT
- Enrollment: 1,428 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#17. Hall High School
A pencil case full of pens, pencils, and highlighters spilling on a table.
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- Location: Stamford School District, CT
- Enrollment: 625 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#16. The Academy of Information Technology & Engineering
A group of students walking down the hall with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Madison Public Schools, CT
- Enrollment: 874 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#15. Daniel Hand High School
An overhead view of high school pupils in group study sitting around circular tables.
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- Location: Ridgefield School District, CT
- Enrollment: 1,516 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#14. Ridgefield High School
Students using microscopes in science class.
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- Location: Fairfield School District, CT
- Enrollment: 1,395 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#13. Fairfield Warde High School
High school students studying and reading together in their school library.
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- Location: Farmington School District, CT
- Enrollment: 1,276 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#12. Farmington High School
Students raising their hands for class participation.
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- Location: Weston School District, CT
- Enrollment: 760 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#11. Weston High School
A stack of textbooks with pens on top of them next to an open notebook.
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- Location: Learn, CT
- Enrollment: 271 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#10. Marine Science Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut
Two students sharing a book.
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- Location: Glastonbury Public Schools, CT
- Enrollment: 1,862 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#9. Glastonbury High School
A high school student doing classwork on their laptop.
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- Location: West Hartford School District, CT
- Enrollment: 1,434 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#8. Conard High School
A teacher writing an equation on a blackboard using chalk.
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- Location: Avon School District, CT
- Enrollment: 955 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#7. Avon High School
Students' backpacks sitting on a hallway floor.
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- Location: Norwalk School District, CT
- Enrollment: 278 (8:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#6. Center for Global Studies
Bookshelves at a high school's library.
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- Location: Darien School District, CT
- Enrollment: 1,422 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#5. Darien High School
A stack of spiral noteboooks in front of a wooden background.
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- Location: Greenwich Public Schools, CT
- Enrollment: 2,673 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#4. Greenwich High School
Two rows of red lockers.
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- Location: Wilton Public Schools, CT
- Enrollment: 1,219 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#3. Wilton High School
Empty desks in a high school classroom.
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- Location: Westport School District, CT
- Enrollment: 1,714 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#2. Staples High School
A closeup of a student taking notes in class.
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- Location: New Canaan Public Schools, CT
- Enrollment: 1,286 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

#1. New Canaan High School
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