Connecticut schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Achievement First Hartford Academy Hartford · Achievement First Hartford Academy District | Combined | 40.4% | -10.1pp |
| 2 | Achievement First Bridgeport Academy Bridgeport · Achievement First Bridgeport Academy District | Combined | 37.8% | -12.7pp |
| 3 | Elm City College Preparatory School New Haven · Elm City College Preparatory School District | Combined | 36.6% | -13.9pp |
| 4 | Amistad Academy New Haven · Amistad Academy District | Combined | 36.2% | -14.3pp |
| 5 | Capital Preparatory Harbor School Bridgeport · Capital Preparatory Harbor School District | Combined | 35.7% | -14.8pp |
| 6 | Highville Charter School New Haven · Highville Charter School District | Combined | 28.2% | -22.3pp |
| 7 | Capital Preparatory Magnet School Hartford · Hartford School District | Combined | 20.5% | -30.0pp |
| 8 | Jumoke Academy Hartford · Jumoke Academy District | Combined | 20.2% | -30.3pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the CT Smarter Balanced % Met or Exceeded Standard threshold on the latest available CT Smarter Balanced English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Connecticut, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.