West Hartford high schools were ranked among the top schools in Connecticut, and in the top 4% nationally in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report ranking of the country’s public high schools.

By Ronni Newton

West Hartford’s two public high schools – Hall High School and Conard High School – continue their legacy of earning top rankings in the state as well as nationally in the U.S. News & World Report 2025 list of the nation’s best high schools released Tuesday.

The rankings for Conard and Hall are traditionally similar, and this year is no exception. Hall is ranked 10th in the state for 2025-26, while Conard is 16th among the 203 public high schools ranked in Connecticut. Last year, Hall and Conard were No. 6 and No. 10 respectively. The current rankings are based on data from the 2022-

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