What's the vaccination rate for kindergarteners in your CT town?
CT Mirror••health
Key Points:
- Connecticut's kindergarten MMR vaccination rate reached 98.2% for the 2024-2025 school year, the highest in the nation, surpassing the 95% herd immunity threshold.
- Despite a national decline in vaccinations and a rise in measles cases in 2025, Connecticut reported only one measles case and saw an overall increase in childhood vaccination rates since 2020.
- Connecticut eliminated religious and personal vaccine exemptions in 2021, allowing only medical exemptions, contributing to high vaccination coverage, though some schools still fell below herd immunity levels.
- Many towns in Connecticut achieved herd immunity with vaccination rates exceeding 98% among kindergarteners in the previous year.
- Flu vaccination rates in Connecticut declined by
