Fairfield High Schools Named Among Best in The Country

FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Fairfield Ludlowe High School was named the 637th best high school in the country by U.S. News and World Report in its annual ranking Tuesday. It was also named the 16th best in Connecticut.

Fairfield Ludlowe and Fairfield Warde were both ranked among the top high schools in Connecticut.
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Joe Jenkins

04/19/2016 1:30 p.m.

Fairfield Warde High School was named the 18th best in the state and 775th nationwide.

U.S. News and World Report enlisted the help of social science research firm RTI International to compile its rankings. They measured schools using four key metrics:

Math and reading proficiency for all students
Testing proficiency for disadvantaged students
Graduation rates
College readiness via Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate test data.

Fairfield Ludlowe boasted a student-to-teacher ratio of 12:1 and has 54 percent of the student body participating in AP exams.

Fairfield Warde had a slightly higher ratio of 13 students for every one teacher and has 52 percent of its students taking AP tests.

There were 13 other schools in Fairfield County named to the Connecticut list:

Weston High School (No. 4)
Ridgefield High School (No. 5)
Wilton High School (No. 7)
Greenwich High School (No. 10)
Darien High School (No. 11)
Staples High School (Westport) (No. 14)
Joel Barlow High School (Redding) (No. 15)
New Canaan High School (No. 17)
Brookfield High School (No. 25)
The Academy of Information Technology (Stamford) (No. 28)
Masuk High School (Monroe) (No. 34)
Westhill High School (Stamford) (No. 35)
Brien McMahon High School (Norwalk) (No. 42)

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