of 1:156. In addition, the average SAT score at Weston High School is 1784, the average ACT score is 26.6, and the average AP test score is 3.87. [ In April 2019, U.S. News & World Report ranked Weston High School second best high school in the state and 169th best high school in the country out of 17,245 high schools ranked. In addition, Weston High School was also ranked 65th in STEM High Schools with a town graduation rate of 100%. U.S. News gave Weston a scorecard of 99.02% out of a possible 100. The Best High Schools rankings identify the country's top-performing public high schools. The goal is to provide a clear, unbiased picture of how well public schools serve all of their students—from the highest to lowest achieving—in preparing them to demonstrate proficiency in basic skills as well as readiness for college-level work. The Connecticut State Department of Education has ranked the Weston schools in District Reference Group A (formerly the Educational Reference Group A), the nine most affluent and low-need-for-extra-assistance districts among the 162 school districts in Connecticut. Several pre-schools in town are run by various churches, including Emmanuel Nursery School and Norfield Nursery School. Parks The landscape of Weston is characterized by open spaces. Almost one quarter of the town is permanently devoted to open space use, including: Devil's Den Preserve, with a wide variety of flora and fauna, and with a trail system that connects with the extended Saugatuck Valley Trails System; Bisceglie Park, with baseball fields, a swimming hole, a two-mile (3 km) jogging trail and fitness stations, along the west branch of the Saugatuck River; Morehouse Farm Park, with eight, partially overlapping ball fields; Sixteen preserves of the Aspetuck Land Trust, for a total of , scattered all around town; Katherine Ordway Preserve, with of woodland, three miles (5 km) of trails and an arboretum; Keene Park, with , with a small playground and park is along the each branch of the Saugatuck River; Open land around the Saugatuck Reservoir, with trails and opportunities for fishing. Politics Notable people Lucie Arnaz (born 1951), actress, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Jayne Atkinson (Gill) (born 1959), Emmy-winning actor (ensemble, "24"), writer, producer (Hidden Meadow) George Balanchine (1904–1983), choreographer and influential figure in ballet Paul Cadmus (1904–1999), painter Liz Cho (born 1970), television anchor Frank Converse (born 1938), actor John Curran (1953–2013), financial