SW Connecticut News

White students made up the largest ethnic group in Fairfield County schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Connecticut State Department of Education.

Of the 141,616 students attending the county's schools, 44.1% were white.

Hispanic students were the second-largest ethnic group in Fairfield County at the time, making up 35.4% of total enrollment.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most represented group in the county, comprising 45.2% of the student body.

Center for Global Studies had the most diverse student body in the county, including 36.3% Hispanic students, 34.2% white students, 15.8% Black students, 7.4% Asian students, and 6.3% multiracial students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in the county increased by 0.1% when compared to the previous year.

Student enrollment has been dropping in Connecticut’s public schools for over a decade now. With the exception of a slight relief in the 2021-22 school year, schools in the state have lost more than 30,000 students since 2014.

School	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Students
A.B. Skane Center	Hispanic	52.1%	190
Achievement First Bridgeport Academy	Black	52.6%	1,098
Aerospace/Hydrospace, Engineering and Physical Sciences Magnet High School	Hispanic	53%	330
Anna H. Rockwell School	White	54%	302
Barlow Mountain Elementary School	White	73.7%	377
Barnum School	Hispanic	69%	587
Bassick High School	Hispanic	61.7%	1,033
Beardsley School	Hispanic	56.6%	302
Bedford Middle School	White	75.9%	747
Bethel High School	White	59.6%	1,083
Bethel Middle School	White	56.5%	766
Biotechnology, Research & Zoological Studies Magnet High School	Hispanic	51.4%	366
Black Rock School	Hispanic	59.5%	439
Blackham School	Hispanic	63.2%	1,046
Booth Hill School	White	67.8%	283
Booth Hill School	White	108.5%	283
Branchville Elementary School	White	84.8%	335
Bridgeport Military Academy	Hispanic	65.9%	296
Brien McMahon High School	Hispanic	61.4%	1,766
Broadview Middle School	Hispanic	68.1%	1,098
Brookfield High School	White	70.3%	871
Brookside Elementary School	Hispanic	69.6%	398
Bryant School	Hispanic	60.9%	304
Bullard-Havens Technical High School	Hispanic	68.2%	818
Bunnell High School	Hispanic	38.4%	1,057
Burr Elementary School	White	70%	357
Candlewood Lake Elementary School	White	66.7%	1,107
Capital Preparatory Harbor School	Black	65.6%	781
Center for Global Studies	Hispanic	36.3%	284
Central High School	Hispanic	56.6%	1,704
Central Middle School	White	66.4%	503
Cesar Batalla School	Hispanic	73.9%	1,020
Chapel School	Hispanic	35.7%	283
Cider Mill School	White	73.1%	822
Classical Studies Academy	Black	47.5%	385
Cloonan School	Hispanic	55.2%	511
Coleytown Elementary School	White	75.7%	486
Coleytown Middle School	White	75.9%	486
Columbus School	Hispanic	72.1%	538
Concord Magnet School	White	39%	362
Consolidated School	White	76.8%	504
Cos Cob School	White	62.6%	340
Cranbury Elementary School	White	46.7%	420
DPS Early Childhood Center	Hispanic	69.6%	56
DPS Early Childhood Center at Granville	Hispanic	59.3%	167
Danbury High School	Hispanic	60.6%	3,603
Daniels Farm School	White	68.5%	514
Darien High School	White	82.4%	1,398
Davenport Ridge School	Hispanic	42.4%	693
David Wooster Middle School	Hispanic	43.3%	547
Dolan School	Hispanic	57%	591
Dwight Elementary School	White	82.3%	231
East Ridge Middle School	White	78.2%	481
East School	White	78.9%	570
Eastern Middle School	White	63.8%	793
Edison School	Hispanic	49.7%	193
Eli Whitney School	White	37.8%	489
Elizabeth Shelton School	White	59.3%	425
Ellsworth Avenue School	Hispanic	77.1%	507
Fairfield Ludlowe High School	White	77%	1,489
Fairfield Warde High School	White	64.5%	1,370
Fairfield Woods Middle School	White	67.5%	742
Farmingville Elementary School	White	82.9%	321
Fawn Hollow Elementary School	White	72.9%	700
Fox Run Elementary School	Hispanic	50%	370
Frank A. Berry School	White	54.8%	387
Franklin School	Hispanic	49.1%	267
Frenchtown Elementary School	White	49.1%	493
Geraldine Claytor Magnet Academy	Hispanic	50.8%	435
Geraldine Johnson School	Hispanic	67%	802
Glenville School	White	68.4%	415
Great Oaks Charter School	Hispanic	49.6%	659
Great Plain School	Hispanic	54.9%	264
Green's Farms School	White	78.6%	454
Greenwich High School	White	58.2%	2,633
Hall School	Black	45.1%	175
Hallen School	Black	43.5%	278
Hamilton Avenue School	Hispanic	54%	298
Harry B. Flood Middle School	Hispanic	43.5%	471
Hart School	Hispanic	58%	598
Hawley Elementary School	White	83.7%	289
Hayestown Avenue School	Hispanic	68.2%	447
Head O'Meadow Elementary School	White	83.4%	319
Helen Keller Middle School	White	77.5%	285
Henry Abbott Technical High School	Hispanic	51.2%	692
High Horizons Magnet School	Hispanic	52%	442
Hillcrest Middle School	White	58.6%	770
Hindley Elementary School	White	83.3%	420
Holland Hill School	White	60.4%	379
Holmes Elementary School	White	79.8%	430
Hurlbutt Elementary School	White	74.9%	462
Information Technology & Software Engineering Magnet High School	Hispanic	51.5%	404
Interdistrict Discovery Magnet School	Hispanic	43.4%	482
Intermediate School	White	58.4%	752
International School At Dundee	White	45.5%	325
J. M. Wright Technical High School	Hispanic	67.6%	451
James J. Curiale School	Hispanic	56.7%	513
Jane Ryan School	White	59.8%	463
Jefferson Marine Science Elementary School	Hispanic	68.2%	465
Jennings School	White	68.9%	280
Jettie S. Tisdale School	Hispanic	51%	577
Jockey Hollow School	White	69.7%	759
Joel Barlow High School	White	79%	737
John Read Middle School	White	81.3%	353
John Winthrop School	Hispanic	59.4%	601
Johnson House Elementary School	Hispanic	50.8%	545
Julia A. Stark School	Hispanic	65.3%	611
Julian Curtiss School	White	41.9%	246
K. T. Murphy School	Hispanic	68.4%	402
Kendall College & Career Academy	Hispanic	70.6%	378
King Street Intermediate School	Hispanic	60.1%	353
King Street Primary School	Hispanic	66.3%	404
King's Highway Elementary School	White	72.8%	463
Long Hill School	White	47%	319
Long Lots School	White	74.9%	562
Lordship School	White	36.9%	176
Luis Munoz Marin School	Hispanic	77.3%	710
Madison Middle School	White	58.8%	821
Madison School	Hispanic	59.8%	448
Marvin Elementary School	Hispanic	56.5%	402
Masuk High School	White	71.1%	1,057
McKinley School	White	43%	470
Middle Gate Elementary School	White	80.8%	416
Middlebrook School	White	53.6%	481
Middlebrook School	White	126.8%	481
Middlesex Middle School	White	80.2%	1,047
Mill Hill School	White	80.8%	402
Mill Ridge Primary School	Hispanic	52.2%	341
Miller-Driscoll School	White	75.4%	854
Mohegan School	White	61.7%	337
Monroe Elementary School	White	71.3%	407
Morris Street School	Hispanic	81.5%	362
Multicultural Magnet School	Hispanic	69%	422
Naramake Elementary School	Hispanic	51.6%	366
Nathan Hale Middle School	Hispanic	52.3%	524
New Beginnings Inc Family Academy	Black	54.6%	392
New Canaan High School	White	79.6%	1,257
New Fairfield Elementary School	White	77.5%	435
New Fairfield High School	White	76%	688
New Fairfield Middle School	White	70.8%	506
New Lebanon School	Hispanic	59.9%	342
Newfield School	Hispanic	52.1%	543
Newtown High School	White	80.6%	1,276
Newtown Middle School	White	76.7%	610
Nichols School	Hispanic	49.8%	408
North Mianus School	White	63.8%	475
North Stratfield School	White	72%	414
North Street School	White	75.5%	396
Northeast School	White	40.2%	475
Norwalk Early Childhood Center	Hispanic	54.7%	150
Norwalk High School	Hispanic	59.1%	1,547
Old Greenwich School	White	83.5%	406
Osborn Hill School	White	75.9%	444
Ox Ridge Elementary School	White	80.9%	598
P-TECH Norwalk	Hispanic	50.3%	380
Park Avenue School	Hispanic	78%	599
Park City Magnet School	Hispanic	48%	477
Park City Prep Charter School	Black	47.1%	403
Parkway School	White	79.1%	244
Paul Laurence Dunbar School	Hispanic	59.4%	394
Pembroke School	Hispanic	57.4%	380
Perry Hill Elementary School	White	58.9%	701
Ponus Ridge STEAM Academy	Hispanic	65.1%	622
Ralph M. T. Johnson School	White	49%	673
Read School	Hispanic	63.8%	793
Redding Elementary School	White	78.1%	511
Reed Intermediate School	White	80%	581
Ridgebury Elementary School	White	78.6%	351
Ridgefield High School	White	78.2%	1,420
Rippowam Middle School	Hispanic	56.9%	675
Riverfield School	White	80.9%	398
Riverside School	White	69.6%	473
Roger Ludlowe Middle School	White	80%	760
Rogers International School	Hispanic	48.1%	770
Rogers Park Middle School	Hispanic	70.3%	878
Roosevelt School	Hispanic	59.7%	474
Roton Middle School	Hispanic	56.1%	453
Rowayton School	White	55.6%	435
Roxbury School	Hispanic	55.6%	545
Royle Elementary School	White	76.7%	331
Samuel Staples Elementary School	White	73.6%	618
Sandy Hook Elementary School	White	77.3%	353
Saugatuck Elementary School	White	75.9%	398
Saxe Middle School	White	77.6%	1,261
Scofield Middle School	Hispanic	44.1%	612
Scotland Elementary School	White	82%	333
Scotts Ridge Middle School	White	80.6%	527
Second Hill Lane School	Hispanic	55.8%	597
Shelter Rock School	Hispanic	62.7%	550
Shelton High School	White	56.3%	1,311
Sherman School	White	85%	373
Sherman School	White	54.2%	373
Side By Side Charter School	Hispanic	58.5%	236
Silvermine Dual Language Magnet School	Hispanic	81.5%	427
South Norwalk Elementary School	Hispanic	80.5%	133
South School	White	78.3%	507
South Street School	Hispanic	73.5%	377
Springdale School	Hispanic	53.4%	580
Stadley Rough School	Hispanic	71%	520
Stamford Charter School for Excellence	Black	42.2%	540
Stamford High School	Hispanic	46.1%	2,121
Staples High School	White	76.9%	1,626
Stepney Elementary School	White	64.5%	521
Stillmeadow School	Hispanic	56.6%	604
Stratfield School	White	76.4%	339
Stratford High School	Hispanic	39.9%	1,131
Strawberry Hill an ext. of Rogers International	Hispanic	39.3%	797
Sunnyside School	White	45.1%	224
Tashua School	White	64.9%	419
The Academy of Information, Technology & Engineering	Hispanic	41%	630
The Bridge Academy	Black	49.5%	281
Thomas Hooker School	Hispanic	56.7%	252
Tokeneke Elementary School	White	78.3%	428
Tomlinson Middle School	White	62.2%	590
Toquam Magnet School	Hispanic	69.4%	549
Tracey Magnet School	Hispanic	58%	464
Trumbull High School	White	62.5%	2,155
Turn of River School	Hispanic	56.1%	624
Veterans Park Elementary School	White	73.4%	241
Victoria Soto Preschool	Hispanic	42%	193
Waltersville School	Hispanic	60.5%	428
Warren Harding High School	Hispanic	58.9%	1,201
West Rocks Middle School	Hispanic	61.1%	701
West School	White	80.8%	499
Western CT Academy of International Studies Elementary Magnet School	Hispanic	45.7%	357
Western Middle School	White	44.4%	611
Westhill High School	Hispanic	55.8%	2,259
Weston High School	White	76.9%	709
Weston Intermediate School	White	72.1%	463
Weston Middle School	White	75.1%	519
Westover School	Hispanic	45.9%	521
Westside Middle School Academy	Hispanic	51.8%	745
Whisconier Middle School	White	71.4%	591
Wilbur Cross School	Hispanic	54.8%	310
Wilcoxson School	White	45.7%	352
Wilton High School	White	75%	1,244
Wolfpit Integrated Arts Elementary School	Hispanic	40.1%	357