High · Connecticut

New Canaan High School

New Canaan High School, a public high school in New Canaan, Connecticut: grades 9–12, 1,257 students, 12.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New Canaan School District.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
1,257
Teachers (FTE)
102.5
Students per teacher
12.3
Grades
9–12
High

More students per teacher than 69% of high schools in Connecticut

Median 11.4 · 200 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 66% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 83% of high schools in Connecticut

Median 674 · 200 schools compared

Larger than 80% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 9–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with New Canaan School District.

Location

Address
11 Farm Rd., New Canaan, CT 06840
Phone
(203)594-4600

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
9–121,38210.7
Center for Global StudiesFree meals for all
9–122839.3
Brien McMahon High SchoolFree meals for all
9–121,73914.7
9–1265815.2
Westhill High SchoolFree meals for all
9–122,22414.4
Stamford High SchoolFree meals for all
9–122,10214.1

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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