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156 districts, sorted by rating
| District | City | Rating | Zip Codes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darien School District | Darien | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 1 |
| Kent School District | Kent | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 2 |
| New Canaan Public Schools | New Canaan | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 1 |
| Regional School District 09 | Redding | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 1 |
| Ridgefield School District | Ridgefield | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 1 |
| Westport Public Schools | Westport | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 1 |
| Guilford School District | Guilford | 10/10 Excellent · 98th pct | 1 |
| Regional School District 18 | Regional | 10/10 Excellent · 98th pct | 3 |
| Wilton Public Schools | Wilton | 10/10 Excellent · 98th pct | 1 |
| North Stonington School District | North Stonington | 10/10 Excellent · 96th pct | 1 |
| Cheshire School District | Cheshire | 10/10 Excellent · 95th pct | 1 |
| Easton School District | Easton | 10/10 Excellent · 95th pct | 1 |
| Farmington School District | Farmington | 10/10 Excellent · 95th pct | 2 |
| Monroe School District | Monroe | 10/10 Excellent · 95th pct | 1 |
| Regional School District 05 | Regional | 10/10 Excellent · 95th pct | 1 |
| Trumbull School District | Trumbull | 10/10 Excellent · 95th pct | 1 |
| Chester School District | Chester | 10/10 Excellent · 91th pct | 1 |
| Avon School District | Avon | 9/10 Excellent · 89th pct | 1 |
| Glastonbury School District | Glastonbury | 9/10 Excellent · 89th pct | 2 |
| Simsbury School District | Simsbury | 9/10 Excellent · 88th pct | 4 |
| Weston School District | Weston | 9/10 Excellent · 88th pct | 1 |
| Fairfield School District | Fairfield | 9/10 Excellent · 87th pct | 3 |
| Regional School District 12 | Regional | 9/10 Excellent · 87th pct | 5 |
| Colebrook School District | Colebrook | 9/10 Excellent · 86th pct | 1 |
| Deep River School District | Deep River | 9/10 Excellent · 86th pct | 1 |
| Greenwich Public Schools | Greenwich | 9/10 Excellent · 86th pct | 1 |
| Greenwich School District | Cos Cob | 9/10 Excellent · 86th pct | 4 |
| Salem School District | Salem | 9/10 Excellent · 84th pct | 1 |
| Coventry School District | Coventry | 9/10 Excellent · 83th pct | 1 |
| Regional School District 15 | Regional | 9/10 Excellent · 83th pct | 2 |
| Westbrook School District | Westbrook | 9/10 Excellent · 83th pct | 1 |
| Regional School District 19 | Regional | 9/10 Excellent · 81th pct | 5 |
| South Windsor School District | South Windsor | 9/10 Excellent · 81th pct | 1 |
| Essex School District | Essex | 9/10 Excellent | 3 |
| Canton School District | Canton | 8/10 Good · 78th pct | 4 |
| Madison School District | Madison | 8/10 Good · 78th pct | 1 |
| Regional School District 10 | Regional | 8/10 Good · 78th pct | 2 |
| Rocky Hill School District | Rocky Hill | 8/10 Good · 78th pct | 1 |
| Stonington School District | Stonington | 8/10 Good · 78th pct | 2 |
| East Lyme School District | East Lyme | 8/10 Good · 74th pct | 2 |
| Granby School District | Granby | 8/10 Good · 74th pct | 3 |
| Voluntown School District | Voluntown | 8/10 Good · 73th pct | 1 |
| Bethany School District | Bethany | 8/10 Good · 72th pct | 1 |
| East Granby School District | East Granby | 8/10 Good · 72th pct | 1 |
| New Fairfield School District | New Fairfield | 8/10 Good · 72th pct | 1 |
| Old Saybrook School District | Old Saybrook | 8/10 Good · 72th pct | 1 |
| Andover School District | Andover | 8/10 Good | 1 |
| Newtown School District | Newtown | 8/10 Good | 2 |
| Orange School District | Orange | 8/10 Good | 1 |
| Bolton School District | Bolton | 7/10 Good · 70th pct | 1 |
| Colchester School District | Colchester | 7/10 Good · 69th pct | 1 |
| Wolcott School District | Wolcott | 7/10 Good · 69th pct | 1 |
| Hartland School District | Hartland | 7/10 Good · 68th pct | 3 |
| Pomfret School District | Pomfret | 7/10 Good · 68th pct | 2 |
| Regional School District 13 | Regional | 7/10 Good · 68th pct | 3 |
| Regional School District 17 | Regional | 7/10 Good · 68th pct | 3 |
| West Hartford Public Schools | West Hartford | 7/10 Good · 68th pct | 1 |
| West Hartford School District | West Hartford | 7/10 Good · 68th pct | 3 |
| North Haven School District | North Haven | 7/10 Good · 64th pct | 1 |
| Waterford School District | Waterford | 7/10 Good · 64th pct | 2 |
| Marlborough School District | Marlborough | 7/10 Good · 63th pct | 1 |
| Regional School District 16 | Regional | 7/10 Good · 63th pct | 2 |
| Brookfield School District | Brookfield | 7/10 Good · 61th pct | 1 |
| Shelton School District | Shelton | 7/10 Good · 61th pct | 1 |
| Southington School District | Southington | 7/10 Good · 60th pct | 4 |
| Ellington School District | Ellington | 6/10 Average · 60th pct | 1 |
| Hebron School District | Hebron | 6/10 Average · 60th pct | 2 |
| Suffield School District | Suffield | 6/10 Average · 60th pct | 3 |
| East Haddam School District | East Haddam | 6/10 Average · 58th pct | 2 |
| Milford School District | Milford | 6/10 Average · 58th pct | 2 |
| Tolland School District | Tolland | 6/10 Average · 56th pct | 1 |
| Berlin School District | Berlin | 6/10 Average · 55th pct | 2 |
| Cromwell School District | Cromwell | 6/10 Average · 55th pct | 1 |
| Barkhamsted School District | Barkhamsted | 6/10 Average · 54th pct | 1 |
| Bethel School District | Bethel | 6/10 Average · 54th pct | 1 |
| Cornwall School District | Cornwall | 6/10 Average · 54th pct | 1 |
| Eastford School District | Eastford | 6/10 Average · 54th pct | 1 |
| Franklin School District | Franklin | 6/10 Average · 54th pct | 1 |
| East Hampton School District | East Hampton | 6/10 Average · 51th pct | 3 |
| Portland School District | Portland | 6/10 Average · 51th pct | 1 |
| Oxford School District | Oxford | 5/10 Average · 50th pct | 1 |
| New Hartford School District | New Hartford | 5/10 Average · 49th pct | 2 |
| Wethersfield School District | Wethersfield | 5/10 Average · 49th pct | 1 |
| Chaplin School District | Chaplin | 5/10 Average · 47th pct | 1 |
| Norfolk School District | Norfolk | 5/10 Average · 47th pct | 1 |
| Sherman School District | Sherman | 5/10 Average · 47th pct | 1 |
| Branford School District | Branford | 5/10 Average · 45th pct | 1 |
| Montville School District | Montville | 5/10 Average · 45th pct | 3 |
| Somers School District | Somers | 5/10 Average · 44th pct | 2 |
| Clinton School District | Clinton | 5/10 Average · 43th pct | 1 |
| Columbia School District | Columbia | 5/10 Average · 43th pct | 1 |
| Plainville School District | Plainville | 5/10 Average · 43th pct | 1 |
| Preston School District | Preston | 5/10 Average · 41th pct | 1 |
| Regional School District 14 | Regional | 5/10 Average · 41th pct | 2 |
| Lebanon School District | Lebanon | 4/10 Below Average · 40th pct | 1 |
| Plymouth School District | Plymouth | 4/10 Below Average · 40th pct | 2 |
| Watertown School District | Watertown | 4/10 Below Average · 40th pct | 2 |
| Brooklyn School District | Brooklyn | 4/10 Below Average · 37th pct | 1 |
| Newington School District | Newington | 4/10 Below Average · 37th pct | 1 |
| New Milford School District | New Milford | 4/10 Below Average · 36th pct | 2 |
| North Canaan School District | North Canaan | 4/10 Below Average · 36th pct | 2 |
| Regional School District 11 | Regional | 4/10 Below Average · 36th pct | 2 |
| Groton School District | Groton | 4/10 Below Average · 34th pct | 2 |
| Woodstock School District | Woodstock | 4/10 Below Average · 33th pct | 2 |
| Griswold School District | Griswold | 4/10 Below Average · 32th pct | 1 |
| North Branford School District | North Branford | 4/10 Below Average · 32th pct | 2 |
| Stafford School District | Stafford | 4/10 Below Average · 31th pct | 1 |
| Canterbury School District | Canterbury | 4/10 Below Average · 30th pct | 1 |
| Ledyard School District | Ledyard | 3/10 Below Average · 28th pct | 3 |
| Naugatuck School District | Naugatuck | 3/10 Below Average · 27th pct | 1 |
| Vernon School District | Vernon | 3/10 Below Average · 27th pct | 1 |
| Wallingford School District | Wallingford | 3/10 Below Average · 27th pct | 1 |
| Killingly School District | Killingly | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 4 |
| Plainfield School District | Plainfield | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 4 |
| Thomaston School District | Thomaston | 3/10 Below Average · 24th pct | 1 |
| Bozrah School District | Bozrah | 3/10 Below Average · 23th pct | 2 |
| Regional School District 01 | Regional | 3/10 Below Average · 23th pct | 6 |
| Hamden School District | Hamden | 3/10 Below Average · 22th pct | 3 |
| Stamford Public Schools | Stamford | 3/10 Below Average · 21th pct | 1 |
| Stamford School District | Stamford | 3/10 Below Average · 21th pct | 5 |
| Middletown School District | Middletown | 3/10 Below Average · 20th pct | 2 |
| Seymour School District | Seymour | 3/10 Below Average | 1 |
| Winchester School District | Winchester | 3/10 Below Average | 1 |
| Enfield School District | Enfield | 2/10 Poor · 19th pct | 1 |
| Norwalk School District | Norwalk | 2/10 Poor · 19th pct | 5 |
| Putnam School District | Putnam | 2/10 Poor · 19th pct | 1 |
| West Haven School District | West Haven | 2/10 Poor · 18th pct | 1 |
| Windsor School District | Windsor | 2/10 Poor · 18th pct | 1 |
| Bristol School District | Bristol | 2/10 Poor · 17th pct | 1 |
| Windsor Locks School District | Windsor Locks | 2/10 Poor · 17th pct | 1 |
| Danbury School District | Danbury | 2/10 Poor · 15th pct | 2 |
| Meriden School District | Meriden | 2/10 Poor · 15th pct | 2 |
| Stratford School District | Stratford | 2/10 Poor · 15th pct | 2 |
| East Haven School District | East Haven | 2/10 Poor · 14th pct | 1 |
| Torrington School District | Torrington | 2/10 Poor · 13th pct | 1 |
| Sterling School District | Sterling | 2/10 Poor · 12th pct | 2 |
| Thompson School District | Thompson | 2/10 Poor · 12th pct | 3 |
| Bloomfield School District | Bloomfield | 2/10 Poor · 11th pct | 1 |
| Sprague School District | Sprague | 2/10 Poor · 10th pct | 2 |
| East Windsor School District | East Windsor | 1/10 Poor · 9th pct | 2 |
| Windham School District | Windham | 1/10 Poor · 9th pct | 4 |
| Derby School District | Derby | 1/10 Poor · 8th pct | 1 |
| Manchester School District | Manchester | 1/10 Poor · 7th pct | 2 |
| Ansonia School District | Ansonia | 1/10 Poor · 6th pct | 1 |
| Norwich School District | Norwich | 1/10 Poor · 6th pct | 3 |
| East Hartford School District | East Hartford | 1/10 Poor · 5th pct | 2 |
| New Haven Public Schools | New Haven | 1/10 Poor · 4th pct | 1 |
| New Haven School District | New Haven | 1/10 Poor · 4th pct | 4 |
| New London School District | New London | 1/10 Poor · 4th pct | 1 |
| Waterbury School District | Waterbury | 1/10 Poor · 3th pct | 6 |
| Bridgeport Public Schools | Bridgeport | 1/10 Poor · 2th pct | 1 |
| Bridgeport School District | Bridgeport | 1/10 Poor · 2th pct | 5 |
| Hartford Public Schools | Hartford | 1/10 Poor · 2th pct | 1 |
| Hartford School District | Hartford | 1/10 Poor · 2th pct | 5 |
| New Britain School District | New Britain | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 3 |
| Regional School District 20 | Regional | Not rated | 7 |
School Districts in Connecticut
Connecticut is home to 156 public school districts serving approximately 559,895 students across 288+ zip codes. The average district rating statewide is 6/10, based on state reading and math assessment proficiency (NCES EDFacts, 2017–18 — the most recent district-level federal collection we have processed), ranked against other districts in the same state. Directory data (enrollment, schools, contacts) is NCES CCD 2024–25.
Top-rated districts in Connecticut include Darien School District, Kent School District, New Canaan Public Schools, and 2 more top-rated districts. Use the table above to sort and compare all districts, or click any district name to view its full profile including assigned schools, enrollment, and spending data.
Finding Your District in Connecticut
School district boundaries in Connecticut are determined by your residential address, not just your city or zip code. In some areas, a single zip code spans multiple districts, or a district may serve students across several zip codes. The most reliable way to confirm your district is to enter your exact zip code in the search tool above.
Why School Districts Matter for Homebuyers
In Connecticut, as across the country, school district quality is one of the top three factors homebuyers cite when choosing a neighborhood. Homes in higher-rated districts often command a premium of 5–25% compared to similar homes in adjacent districts. Whether you're buying, renting, or planning a move, understanding which school district serves your address is an essential first step.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many school districts are in Connecticut? ▼
Connecticut has 156 public school districts covering 288+ zip codes and serving an estimated 559,895 students. The statewide average district rating is 6/10 based on state assessment data.
How do I find my school district in Connecticut? ▼
Enter your 5-digit zip code in the search box above to instantly find your Connecticut school district, including ratings, enrollment, and assigned elementary, middle, and high schools.
What is the best school district in Connecticut? ▼
The table above is sorted by rating (highest first). Districts rated 9–10/10 are top-tier based on state reading and math proficiency. Click any district name to view its full profile.
Can I search by address instead of zip code? ▼
Yes — on any district page, enter a full street address in the search box and it will resolve to the correct zip code automatically.