[kidyankee764]

They are -

Avon High School; Avon
Center International Baccalaureate Academy; East Hartford
Daniel Hand High School; Madison
Darien High School; Darien
East Lyme High School; East Lyme
Fairfield Ludlowe High Scoool; Fairfield
Fairfield Warde High School; Fairfield
Farmington High School; Farmington
Glastonbury High School; Glastonbury
Joel Barlow High School; Redding
New Canaan High School; New Canaan
New Fairfield High School, New Fairfield
Ridgefield High School; Ridgefield
Simsbury High School; Simsbury
Staples High School; Westport
Weston High School; Weston
Wilton High School; Wilton
Windsor High School; Windsor
Central High School; Bridgeport
Cooperative High School; New Haven
Greater Hartford Classical Magnet School; Hartford
Hill Regional Career High School; New Haven
Metropolitan Business High School; New Haven
Sports Sciences Academy; Hartford
Stafford High School; Stafford Springs

11 are in Fairfield County, 8 are in Hartford County, 4 are in New Haven County, 1 is in Tolland County, 1 is in New London County.

From the U.S. News and World Report

Best High Schools Search - US News and World Report

Information on the methodology used -

The Ranking Formula - US News and World Report

[Stratford, Ct. Resident]

Lists such as these prove the value of having a forum like this one.

If you were to ask anyone in CT. if they would willingly send their child to Central in Bridgeport, what will be the response?

Conversely, Amity High has always been one of the most coveted schools in CT, yet it's not in their top 25 list.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by Stratford, Ct. Resident

Lists such as these prove the value of having a forum like this one.

If you were to ask anyone in CT. if they would willingly send their child to Central in Bridgeport, what will be the response?

Conversely, Amity High has always been one of the most coveted schools in CT, yet it's not in their top 25 list.

I was thinking the same thing about Greenwich.

[MomOfToo]

Is this from Newsweek? I know alot of schools bailed out on being on this list.

[mels]

Unless HUGE, and I mean HUGE, changes occurred at Bridgeport Central, then this list is useless. We used to play Central in high school sports. Every game we were threatened with violence. This is back before the whole zero tolerance business came around. That school was Rough with a capital R. I highly doubt much has changed.

Yet again, another useless list. Just like the 100 best places to live, 300 best places to raise a family, etc.

[2teachers]

Great list. I am job hunting in education and that helps.

Is Amity really that good? I went there... years ago- before the new building.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by mels

Unless HUGE, and I mean HUGE, changes occurred at Bridgeport Central, then this list is useless. We used to play Central in high school sports. Every game we were threatened with violence. This is back before the whole zero tolerance business came around. That school was Rough with a capital R. I highly doubt much has changed.

Yet again, another useless list. Just like the 100 best places to live, 300 best places to raise a family, etc.

I agree with you to an extent.

Did you look at the methodology used when compiling the data for this list? It has much to do with college readiness, and very little to do with 'zero tolerance' and threats of violence. I have watched violence at games between Pomperaug and Weston, and Staples and Darien.

I do agree that the list is somewhat inaccurate because they skipped over many states. Granted the states they skipped aren't known for top notch education - but still, the fact that they were skipped over shows bias.

Check out the methodology and the ranking formula.

Originally Posted by 2teachers

Great list. I am job hunting in education and that helps.

Is Amity really that good? I went there... years ago- before the new building.

Amity Region 5 (Orange, Woodbridge, Bethany) is an excellent school district.

[JayCT]

Also missing from this list are the highly regarded West Hartford high schools: Hall and Conard. These schools have reasonable class sizes and score above the state averages on the Connecticut Academic Performance Tests.

I also agree that Amity is an excellent school that should have been on the list. Same with Greenwich and Trumbull. Anyway it is nice to see the list but before anyone decides where to live they should closely look at the schools system and be sure it meets their needs and expectations. Jay

[reason180]

Every time positive news comes out about Bridgeport the haters line up like mindless lemmings to spew their negativity.

The fact is that the magnet program at Central is very good and this is not the first time Central has received praise.

[Stratford, Ct. Resident]

Originally Posted by reason180

Every time positive news comes out about Bridgeport the haters line up like mindless lemmings to spew their negativity.

LOL

Well in that case, this "mindless lemming" is happy to see that the program at Central is doing so well. I had harbored resentment over the fact that 90% of Bridgeport's education budget is provided to them by the state(through income taxes paid by us), while my town gets significantly less state aid through ECS. It's great to see that the funding is being used so effectively in Bridgeport!