Many of the 10 best, according to the latest US News ranking, are in the Hartford area. According to the magazine the list
… is based on the key principles that a great high school must serve all of its students well, not just those who are college-bound, and that it must be able to produce measurable academic outcomes to show the school is successfully educating its student body across a range of performance indicators.
Take a look at all of the schools here.
Here are the top 10 for Connecticut:
Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy
EAST HARTFORD, CT 06118
Conard High School
WEST HARTFORD, CT 06107
Ridgefield High School
RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877
Weston High School
WESTON, CT 06883
Staples High School
WESTPORT, CT 06880
William H. Hall High School
WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117
Darien High School
DARIEN, CT 06820
Wilton High School
WILTON, CT 06897
Simsbury High School
SIMSBURY, CT 06070
Farmington High School
FARMINGTON, CT 06032
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11 Responses to US News Ranks Best HS In US & CT
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“must serve all of its students well, not just those who are college-bound” – but who do they list as no. 1, the IBA where 100% took AP tests
Which presumes that all at this specialized academy are there because they are college-bound….
Dave is 100% wrong: CIBA students do not take AP exams they take International Baccalaureate exams, which many colleges do not accept for credit. CIBA is an example of great teaching and managment coupled with a very diverse, focused student body.
Not surprisingly each of these schools (except for CIBA) are located in towns where the median income for a household is over $100,000.
WH median family income was $76,835 in 2010
http://www.cerc.com/TownProfiles/Customer-Images/westhartford.pdf
How the heck is Norwich Free Academy not on this list??? And, yes, I am a graduate, so I have some bias!! But, c’mon, with all that it offers, the place has got to be top 10 in CT!!!!
My fault – all of the other schools’ ratings taken and passed were based on AP exams. Still not a fair comparison and skewed against their comment of serving all students. Look at the actual data they used, not the summary.
Can’t we just take a minute and reflect on the hard work put in every day by faculty, staff, students, parents and supporters that make such accomplishments happen?
Not from Rick…that will never happen.
I totally agree with Hmmm on this one,why do you think that is?
So…this list was compiled using CAPT and AP exam results from a single academic year (2 years ago). The CAPT exam is taken only by sophomores. So what we’re looking at is a snapshot from 2 years ago that is based on one sophomore class worth of CAPT results and one senior class worth of AP data. And now we’re ranking our schools based on this. My town’s high school went from a silver medalist to being unranked in one year. And we think this is relevant…why?