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Ridgefield High Ranked No. 4 in CT, 250 Nationwide

Ridgefield moves from third to fourth in annual ranking from U.S. News and World Report.

Ridgefield came in fourth in Connecticut and 250th in the nation in U.S. News and World Report’s 2013 rankings of the best high schools in the country.

Ridgefield High School dropped a position among Connecticut high schools, .

The school was once again awarded a Gold rating with high marks for proficiency in reading (98 percent) and math (99 percent) and a 57.4 on the College Readiness Index (down from 58 in 2012), which measures the number of students enrolled in AP courses.

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U.S. News and Washington, D.C.-based American Institutes for Research used data on how well students perform overall on state-mandated assessments, as well as performance of minority and low-income students.

“Schools were ranked within each state, as well as on a national stage, so families can see how their public high school stacked up against rivals within the community and across the country,” U.S. News said.

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The four categories listed in the rankings page for Connecticut cover student-to-teacher ratios, college readiness and proficiency levels in math and reading

Top 20 high schools in Connecticut (National Ranking):

  1. Darien High School — Darien (217)
  2. Conard High School — West Hartford (218)
  3. Weston High School — Weston (240)
  4. Ridgefield High School — Ridgefield (250)
  5. Farmington High School — Farmington (258)
  6. Wilton High School — Wilton (292)
  7. Staples High School — Westport (296)
  8. William H. Hall High School — West Hartford (394)
  9. Joel Barlow High School — Redding (434)
  10. Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy — East Hartford (448)
  11. Fairfield Ludlowe High School — Fairfield (483)
  12. East Lyme High School — East Lyme (524)
  13. Granby Memorial High School — Granby (527)
  14. Avon High School — Avon (532)
  15. New Canaan High School — New Canaan (544)
  16. Simsbury High School — Simsbury (547)
  17. Metropolitan Learning Center — Bloomfield (716)
  18. Daniel Hand High School — Madison (773)
  19. Amity Regional High School — Woodbridge (780)
  20. Fairfield Warde High School — Fairfield (792)


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