Fairfield Warde H.S. Among Newsweek's Top 500 High Schools in America

Newsweek magazine has released its annual list of the Top 500 high schools in America, and thirteen Connecticut high schools have made the list, including Fairfield Warde High School.

Each year, Newsweek teams up with a research group to compile the list based on a tough set of quality guidelines. Officials from Newsweek said that the methodology for the list was stricter than ever this year.

On top of the list this year was Thomas Jefferson High School of Alexandria, Virginia. The highest ranking Connecticut high school on the list is Amity Regional High School at #112. Amity is made up of students from Bethany, Orange, and Woodbridge.

Fairfield Warde High School ranked #227 on the list of 500.

Below is the list of all thirteen Connecticut high schools honored. The full list of all 500 schools is available here: http://www.newsweek.com/high-schools/americas-top-schools-2014 

An explanation for how the schools were ranked is here: http://www.newsweek.com/methodology-newsweeks-top-high-school-rankings-268773

112. Amity Regional High School – Woodbridge
140. Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy – East Hartford
164. Litchfield High School – Litchfield
168. Greenwich High School – Greenwich
179. Daniel Hand High School – Madison
226. South Windsor High School – South Windsor
227. Fairfield Warde High School – Fairfield
228. East Lyme High School – East Lyme
337. Wolcott High School – Wolcott
352. Lyme-Old Lyme High School – Old Lyme
366. Haddam-Killingworth High School – Haddam
386. Pomperaug High School – Southbury
401. Cheshire High School – Cheshire