[LightningMcQueen]

I was doing some research on CT public schools and came across a district called "Regional School District 09". How does this district differ from other districts that are named after a town? How can you know while researching a house whether that house belongs to that district?

[RogerAnthony]

Towns that are very small sometimes co-op with another town to form a regional school district rather than running their own. Region 9 consists of the towns of Redding and Easton.

[Comp625]

Amity Regional School District #5 is another example; it harbors kids from Amity, Woodbridge, Bethany and Orange.

[JayCT]

Regional School District 9 serves the towns of Easton and Redding like Roger Anthony noted, but it only the high school students attending Joel Barlow high School that are part of the district. Each town has their own elementary and middle schools which are not part of the district. For more information on the district and other schools here in Connecticut, please check the link below. And for your information, Joel Barlow is an excellent school. Jay

State Department of Education - CEDaR

[LightningMcQueen]

Thank you all for the info. So, basically at high school and middle school, they combine the kids from the various towns that are in 05 or 09. Any particular reason why they are ranked so high? Proximity to Yale perhaps has something to do with that. Profs and other academic types live in those towns?

[RogerAnthony]

Originally Posted by LightningMcQueen

Any particular reason why they are ranked so high? Proximity to Yale perhaps has something to do with that. Profs and other academic types live in those towns?

Easton and Redding are nowhere near Yale. They are ranked high because they are wealthy towns and higher socioeconomic status leads to better test scores which lead to higher school rankings.

Region 5 is near Yale, but basically the same holds true.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by LightningMcQueen

Thank you all for the info. So, basically at high school and middle school, they combine the kids from the various towns that are in 05 or 09. Any particular reason why they are ranked so high? Proximity to Yale perhaps has something to do with that. Profs and other academic types live in those towns?

In District 9, only the high school students are part of the region. In other districts it could be both the high and middle school or even all grades.

The reason District 9 primarily performs so well is that both Easton and Redding are affluent towns with many well educated people. Like RogerAnthony noted, Easton and Redding are not near Yale which is in New Haven. You might be getting confused with Region District 5 which serves high school and middle school students from Woodbridge, Orange and Bethany. These too are affluent, well educated towns but it is very close to New Haven where Yale is located. Jay

[groar]

i went to northwestern regional 7 (new hartford, barkhamsted, colebrook and norfolk) and the schools combined in 7th grade.

some of the kids had a 45 minute bus ride to get to school (actually i guess it would be longer - it's a 30 minute straight shot to parts of norfolk from the school), and there were days when the norfolk and/or colebrook kids wouldn't make it there because the snow is so much heavier up there.