Hartford Magazine Reports - How Good Is Your Public High School?

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West Hartford schools came in 4th (Hall tied with Farmington) and 15th (Conard) out of 32 schools when compared to other area schools on a variety of measures. Hall did fairly well, but we ought to be wondering why neither of our two high schools came in first place (or even 2nd or 3rd) in any category.

The 1st place winner for best area high school was Avon.

Hartford Magazine (June 2009 issue) rated public 4 year high schools in the Greater Hartford area using information from the State Department of Education strategic school profiles. Nearly all information pertained to 2007-08 school year along with CAPT results from 2006-07.

They chose to measure 10 criteria, took raw data from the profiles and ranked the schools based on those factors. Some factors were weighted based on importance.

Criteria used:
Average Class Size
Students Per Computer
Teachers with Masters degrees
Student Physical Fitness
Attendance
SAT Scores
Graduation Rate
Pursuit of Higher Education
CAPT Scores
AP+3 (Those students that scored higher than 3 on AP exams)