41 high schools in Connecticut have won the 2019 College Success Award by GreatSchools, a national nonprofit organization that provides information on educational opportunities to parents.  The award recognizes schools that have a successful track record of graduating students who later enroll in two or four-year college, are ready for college-level coursework, and persist on to their second year. 

Brookfield, Ridgefield, Monroe, Wilton and Joel Barlow High Schools were among those recognized. 

The state is leading the nation in collecting and making available to the public data on student achievement after high school.  Only 25 states in the U.S. are eligible for the awards based on that criteria.