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New Canaan Among Top 25 High Schools In The Entire Nation

NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- New Canaan High School has been ranked the 18th-best public high school in the entire United States by bestcolleges.com.

New Canaan High was ranked the 18th-best high school in America.

New Canaan High was ranked the 18th-best high school in America.

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Bestcolleges.com pulled its data from several different surveys conducted by the education website, niche.com, including:

  • Best academics
  • Safest
  • Best teachers
  • Best facilities 

New Canaan was ranked first overall among high schools ranked in Connecticut. Staples High School in Westport ranked just a few spots behind at No. 23. 

New Canaan ranked 56th in academics and 39th in facilities.

New Canaan High School also boasts a graduation rate that is 17 percent above the national average with 94 percent of those students going on to pursue four-year college degrees.

The ranking for the top-performing school in the country went to Horace Greeley High School in Westchester County, N.Y. 

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