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.
Ridgefield boasts a student-to-teacher ratio of 14:1 and has 72 percent of its student body participating in AP exams.
There were 14 other schools in Fairfield County named to the list:
- Weston High School
- Wilton High School
- Greenwich High School
- Darien High School
- Staples High School (Westport)
- Joel Barlow High School (Redding)
- Fairfield Ludlowe High School
- New Canaan High School
- Fairfield Warde High School
- Brookfield High School
- The Academy of Information Technology (Stamford)
- Masuk High School (Monroe)
- Westhill High School (Stamford)
- Brien McMahon High School (Norwalk)
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