Charlene M. Russell-Tucker, Commissioner for the Connecticut State Department of Education | https://portal.ct.gov/
Charlene M. Russell-Tucker, Commissioner for the Connecticut State Department of Education | https://portal.ct.gov/
Data showed that Fairfield County welcomed 142,077 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 11% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 237 schools in Fairfield County, Achievement First Bridgeport Academy recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 577 students.
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.
Ethnicities in Fairfield County in 2023-24 School Year
Enrollment Demographics in Fairfield County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
| School Name | % of Black Students | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Capital Preparatory Harbor School | 65.6% | 781 |
| New Beginnings Inc Family Academy | 54.6% | 392 |
| Achievement First Bridgeport Academy | 52.6% | 1,098 |
| The Bridge Academy | 49.5% | 281 |
| Classical Studies Academy | 47.5% | 385 |
| Park City Prep Charter School | 47.1% | 403 |
| Hall School | 45.1% | 175 |
| Great Oaks Charter School | 43.7% | 659 |
| Hallen School | 43.5% | 278 |
| Stamford Charter School for Excellence | 42.2% | 540 |
| Geraldine Claytor Magnet Academy | 41.4% | 435 |
| Jettie S. Tisdale School | 40% | 577 |
| Wilbur Cross School | 36.5% | 310 |
| Beardsley School | 34.8% | 302 |
| Edison School | 34.7% | 193 |
| Franklin School | 34.1% | 267 |
| Warren Harding High School | 34.1% | 1,201 |
| Park City Magnet School | 34% | 477 |
| High Horizons Magnet School | 33.9% | 442 |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar School | 33.5% | 394 |
| Waltersville School | 33.4% | 428 |
| Johnson House Elementary School | 33.4% | 545 |
| A.B. Skane Center | 32.1% | 190 |
| James J. Curiale School | 30.8% | 513 |
| Bassick High School | 30.5% | 1,033 |
| Central High School | 29.6% | 1,704 |
| Roosevelt School | 28.7% | 474 |
| Thomas Hooker School | 28.6% | 252 |
| Stratford High School | 28.1% | 1,131 |
| Victoria Soto Preschool | 28% | 193 |
| David Wooster Middle School | 27.6% | 547 |
| Read School | 27.4% | 793 |
| Bryant School | 27% | 304 |
| Bunnell High School | 26.4% | 1,057 |
| Biotechnology, Research & Zoological Studies Magnet High School | 26.2% | 366 |
| Chapel School | 26.1% | 283 |
| Harry B. Flood Middle School | 26.1% | 471 |
| Bullard-Havens Technical High School | 26% | 818 |
| Interdistrict Discovery Magnet School | 25.5% | 482 |
| Madison School | 24.3% | 448 |
| Lordship School | 23.9% | 176 |
| Aerospace/Hydrospace, Engineering and Physical Sciences Magnet High School | 23.9% | 330 |
| Nichols School | 23.8% | 408 |
| Side By Side Charter School | 23.3% | 236 |
| Barnum School | 22.8% | 587 |
| Information Technology & Software Engineering Magnet High School | 22.5% | 404 |
| Geraldine Johnson School | 22.3% | 802 |
| Bridgeport Military Academy | 22% | 296 |
| Blackham School | 21% | 1,046 |
| Wilcoxson School | 20.7% | 352 |
| Eli Whitney School | 20.2% | 489 |
| Cloonan School | 20% | 511 |
| John Winthrop School | 19.6% | 601 |
| Columbus School | 18.8% | 538 |
| Stamford High School | 18.7% | 2,121 |
| Westover School | 18.2% | 521 |
| Wolfpit Integrated Arts Elementary School | 18.2% | 357 |
| Cesar Batalla School | 17.7% | 1,020 |
| Luis Munoz Marin School | 17.6% | 710 |
| Kendall College & Career Academy | 16.7% | 378 |
| Fox Run Elementary School | 16.5% | 370 |
| P-TECH Norwalk | 16.3% | 380 |
| Ponus Ridge STEAM Academy | 15.9% | 622 |
| Center for Global Studies | 15.8% | 284 |
| J. M. Wright Technical High School | 15.7% | 451 |
| Mill Ridge Primary School | 15.5% | 341 |
| Second Hill Lane School | 15.4% | 597 |
| Norwalk Early Childhood Center | 15.3% | 150 |
| Tracey Magnet School | 15.3% | 464 |
| West Rocks Middle School | 15% | 701 |
| Nathan Hale Middle School | 14.7% | 524 |
| Jefferson Marine Science Elementary School | 14.6% | 465 |
| Newfield School | 14.5% | 543 |
| Norwalk High School | 14.5% | 1,547 |
| Concord Magnet School | 14.1% | 362 |
| Rippowam Middle School | 13.8% | 675 |
| The Academy of Information, Technology & Engineering | 13.8% | 630 |
| Sunnyside School | 12.9% | 224 |
| Brien McMahon High School | 12.9% | 1,766 |
| South Norwalk Elementary School | 12.8% | 133 |
| Roxbury School | 12.8% | 545 |
| Dolan School | 12.2% | 591 |
| Springdale School | 12.2% | 580 |
| Turn of River School | 11.9% | 624 |
| Northeast School | 11.8% | 475 |
| Black Rock School | 11.6% | 439 |
| Westhill High School | 11.4% | 2,259 |
| Hart School | 11.4% | 598 |
| Multicultural Magnet School | 11.4% | 422 |
| Strawberry Hill an ext. of Rogers International | 10.8% | 797 |
| DPS Early Childhood Center | 10.7% | 56 |
| Roton Middle School | 10.4% | 453 |
| Marvin Elementary School | 10.4% | 402 |
| Toquam Magnet School | 10.2% | 549 |
| Naramake Elementary School | 10.1% | 366 |
| Intermediate School | 10.1% | 752 |
| Long Hill School | 10% | 319 |
| Brookside Elementary School | 9.8% | 398 |
| Shelton High School | 9.6% | 1,311 |
| Frenchtown Elementary School | 9.1% | 493 |
| Perry Hill Elementary School | 9.1% | 701 |
| Elizabeth Shelton School | 8.7% | 425 |
| McKinley School | 8.5% | 470 |
| Scofield Middle School | 8.5% | 612 |
| Julia A. Stark School | 8.5% | 611 |
| Western CT Academy of International Studies Elementary Magnet School | 8.4% | 357 |
| Pembroke School | 8.2% | 380 |
| Rowayton School | 8% | 435 |
| Cranbury Elementary School | 7.9% | 420 |
| King Street Intermediate School | 7.9% | 353 |
| Stillmeadow School | 7.8% | 604 |
| Davenport Ridge School | 7.8% | 693 |
| Shelter Rock School | 7.5% | 550 |
| Madison Middle School | 7.4% | 821 |
| Rogers International School | 7.3% | 770 |
| Middlebrook School | 7.3% | 481 |
| Danbury High School | 7.2% | 3,603 |
| Trumbull High School | 7.2% | 2,155 |
| Booth Hill School | 7.1% | 520 |
| Silvermine Dual Language Magnet School | 7% | 427 |
| Hillcrest Middle School | 7% | 770 |
| Tomlinson Middle School | 6.9% | 590 |
| Mohegan School | 6.8% | 337 |
| Rogers Park Middle School | 6.6% | 878 |
| Hayestown Avenue School | 6% | 447 |
| Julian Curtiss School | 5.7% | 246 |
| Stadley Rough School | 5.4% | 520 |
| Broadview Middle School | 5.3% | 1,098 |
| Ralph M. T. Johnson School | 5.2% | 673 |
| Westside Middle School Academy | 5.2% | 745 |
| Frank A. Berry School | 4.9% | 387 |
| Fairfield Warde High School | 4.9% | 1,370 |
| Ellsworth Avenue School | 4.9% | 507 |
| Great Plain School | 4.9% | 264 |
| DPS Early Childhood Center at Granville | 4.8% | 167 |
| Hamilton Avenue School | 4.7% | 298 |
| Booth Hill School | 4.6% | 283 |
| Western Middle School | 4.6% | 611 |
| Holland Hill School | 4.5% | 379 |
| Daniels Farm School | 4.5% | 514 |
| Anna H. Rockwell School | 4.3% | 302 |
| Tashua School | 4.3% | 419 |
| Masuk High School | 4.3% | 1,057 |
| Monroe Elementary School | 4.2% | 407 |
| Candlewood Lake Elementary School | 4.2% | 1,107 |
| Bethel High School | 4.1% | 1,083 |
| Park Avenue School | 4% | 599 |
| King Street Primary School | 4% | 404 |
| Jane Ryan School | 3.9% | 463 |
| Henry Abbott Technical High School | 3.8% | 692 |
| Bethel Middle School | 3.7% | 766 |
| Samuel Staples Elementary School | 3.6% | 618 |
| Head O'Meadow Elementary School | 3.4% | 319 |
| Brookfield High School | 3.4% | 871 |
| New Fairfield High School | 3.2% | 688 |
| Burr Elementary School | 3.1% | 357 |
| King's Highway Elementary School | 3% | 463 |
| North Stratfield School | 2.9% | 414 |
| Fairfield Woods Middle School | 2.8% | 742 |
| Sandy Hook Elementary School | 2.8% | 353 |
| Newtown Middle School | 2.8% | 610 |
| Greenwich High School | 2.7% | 2,633 |
| Sherman School | 2.7% | 373 |
| Middle Gate Elementary School | 2.6% | 416 |
| New Fairfield Middle School | 2.4% | 506 |
| Joel Barlow High School | 2.4% | 737 |
| Fawn Hollow Elementary School | 2.3% | 700 |
| Reed Intermediate School | 2.2% | 581 |
| East School | 2.1% | 570 |
| Newtown High School | 2.1% | 1,276 |
| Consolidated School | 2% | 504 |
| Green's Farms School | 2% | 454 |
| Staples High School | 2% | 1,626 |
| New Fairfield Elementary School | 1.8% | 435 |
| Weston High School | 1.7% | 709 |
| Osborn Hill School | 1.6% | 444 |
| Saxe Middle School | 1.6% | 1,261 |
| Cider Mill School | 1.3% | 822 |
| Long Lots School | 1.2% | 562 |
| Redding Elementary School | 1.2% | 511 |
| Ridgefield High School | 1.1% | 1,420 |
| New Canaan High School | 1.1% | 1,257 |
| Ox Ridge Elementary School | 1% | 598 |
| Eastern Middle School | 0.8% | 793 |
| Darien High School | 0.6% | 1,398 |
| Whisconier Middle School | 0% | 591 |
| Hurlbutt Elementary School | 0% | 462 |
| South Street School | 0% | 377 |
| Morris Street School | 0% | 362 |
| John Read Middle School | 0% | 353 |
| Hindley Elementary School | 0% | 420 |
| New Lebanon School | 0% | 342 |
| Weston Intermediate School | 0% | 463 |
| Weston Middle School | 0% | 519 |
| Bedford Middle School | 0% | 747 |
| Coleytown Middle School | 0% | 486 |
| Saugatuck Elementary School | 0% | 398 |
| Coleytown Elementary School | 0% | 486 |
| Middlebrook School | 0% | 833 |
| Miller-Driscoll School | 0% | 854 |
| Wilton High School | 0% | 1,244 |
| Helen Keller Middle School | 0% | 285 |
| Hawley Elementary School | 0% | 289 |
| Sherman School | 0% | 245 |
| North Mianus School | 0% | 475 |
| North Street School | 0% | 396 |
| Riverside School | 0% | 473 |
| Glenville School | 0% | 415 |
| International School At Dundee | 0% | 325 |
| Old Greenwich School | 0% | 406 |
| Parkway School | 0% | 244 |
| Jockey Hollow School | 0% | 759 |
| Scotts Ridge Middle School | 0% | 527 |
| Stepney Elementary School | 0% | 521 |
| South School | 0% | 507 |
| West School | 0% | 499 |
| Branchville Elementary School | 0% | 335 |
| Veterans Park Elementary School | 0% | 241 |
| Scotland Elementary School | 0% | 333 |
| Ridgebury Elementary School | 0% | 351 |
| Holmes Elementary School | 0% | 430 |
| Middlesex Middle School | 0% | 1,047 |
| Royle Elementary School | 0% | 331 |
| Tokeneke Elementary School | 0% | 428 |
| Fairfield Ludlowe High School | 0% | 1,489 |
| Jennings School | 0% | 280 |
| Roger Ludlowe Middle School | 0% | 760 |
| Stratfield School | 0% | 339 |
| Barlow Mountain Elementary School | 0% | 377 |
| Dwight Elementary School | 0% | 231 |
| East Ridge Middle School | 0% | 481 |
| Mill Hill School | 0% | 402 |
| Farmingville Elementary School | 0% | 321 |
| Riverfield School | 0% | 398 |
| K. T. Murphy School | 0% | 402 |
| Central Middle School | 0% | 503 |
| Cos Cob School | 0% | 340 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Fawn Hollow Elementary School• Holmes Elementary School• Barnum School• A. B. Skane Center• Hindley Elementary School• Veterans Park Elementary School• Sherman School• Jockey Hollow School• Bunnell High School• Dwight Elementary School• Wolfpit Integrated Arts Elementary School• Fox Run Elementary School• North Stratfield School• Roton Middle School• King's Highway Elementary School• Cider Mill School• Ellsworth Avenue School• Silvermine Dual Language Magnet School• Coleytown Middle School• Warren Harding High School• Strawberry Hill an ext. of Rogers International• Park Avenue School• Harry B. Flood Middle School• Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering and Physical Sciences Magne• Western Connecticut Academy of International Studies Elementary Magne• Central High School• Scotland Elementary School• Hamilton Avenue School• Old Greenwich School• Redding Elementary School• East School• Turn of River School• New Canaan High School• Shelter Rock School• Geraldine Claytor Magnet Academy• Great Oaks Charter School - Bridgeport, Inc.• Hillcrest Middle School• Bethel High School• Frenchtown Elementary School• Kendall College & Career Academy• Center for Global Studies• The Bridge Academy• Park City Magnet School• Stepney Elementary School• Frank A. Berry School• Central Middle School• Osborn Hill School• Riverside School• Ralph M. T. Johnson School• Eli Whitney School• Saugatuck Elementary School• Bedford Middle School• Danbury High School• Trumbull High School• Classical Studies Academy• Middlebrook School• Wilbur Cross School• Weston High School• New Fairfield Middle School• Daniels Farm School• Burr Elementary School• Roxbury School• King Street Intermediate School• Thomas Hooker School• Ridgefield High School• Madison Middle School• Stadley Rough School• Side by Side Charter School• Naramake Elementary School• Jennings School• Jefferson Marine Science Elementary School• Columbus School• New Fairfield High School• Paul Laurence Dunbar School• Park City Prep Charter School Inc.• Capital Preparatory Harbor School• Northeast School• John Read Middle School• Ridgebury Elementary School• Middlesex Middle School• Intermediate School• Green's Farms School• Madison School• Western Middle School• Jettie S. Tisdale School• Fairfield Warde High School• Sunnyside School• Sherman School District• Newtown Middle School• Franklin School• Biotechnology Research & Zoological Studies Magnet High Scho• Concord Magnet School• Cesar Batalla School• Nathan Hale Middle School• Masuk High School• Black Rock School• Lordship School• Hurlbutt Elementary School• Geraldine Johnson School• Morris Street School• Anna H. Rockwell School• South School• Rogers International School• Whisconier Middle School• Luis Munoz Marin School• New Lebanon School• Tokeneke Elementary School• Ponus Ridge STEAM Academy• Head O'Meadow Elementary School• Middle Gate Elementary School• Toquam Magnet School• Chapel School• West Rocks Middle School• Interdistrict Discovery Magnet School• Academy of Information Technology & Engineering• Holland Hill School• Hart School• Darien High School• King Street Primary School• Monroe Elementary School• Shelton High School• Weston Intermediate School• Westside Middle School Academy• David Wooster Middle School• Rogers Park Middle School• West School• North Street School• Stratford Academy - Johnson House• Julia A. Stark School• Marvin Elementary School• Bassick High School• Scotts Ridge Middle School• East Ridge Middle School• Weston Middle School• Booth Hill School• Branchville Elementary School• Hall School• Wilton High School• Brookside Elementary School• Jane Ryan School• Tracey Magnet School• Fairfield Ludlowe High School• Cos Cob School• Elizabeth Shelton School• Stratfield School• Long Lots School• Stratford High School• South Street School• Bryant School• Roger Ludlowe Middle School• South Norwalk Elementary School• Rippowam Middle School• Wilcoxson School• Coleytown Elementary School• Cranbury Elementary School• Sandy Hook Elementary School• Saxe Middle School• Riverfield School• Information Technology & Software Engineering Magnet High School• Bethel Middle School• Miller-Driscoll School• Mill Ridge Primary School• Broadview Middle School• Reed Intermediate School• Tomlinson Middle School• Springdale School• Blackham School• International School at Dundee• K. T. Murphy School• Davenport Ridge School• Glenville School• DPS Early Childhood Center• Dolan School• Achievement First Bridgeport Academy• Norwalk High School• Brookfield High School• Helen Keller Middle School• Candlewood Lake Elementary School• Bridgeport Military Academy• Parkway School• Middlebrook School• North Mianus School• Julian Curtiss School• Staples High School• Scofield Middle School• Rowayton School• Barlow Mountain Elementary School• Newfield School• McKinley School• Stamford Charter School for Excellence• Edison School• Mohegan School Pto Boy Scouts Troop #0028• Booth Hill School Pto Cub Scouts Pack #0024• Bullard-Havens Technical High School• High Horizons Magnet School• Connecticut State Department of Education• Eastern Middle School• Westhill High School• Perry Hill Elementary School• Joel Barlow High School• Pembroke School• John Winthrop School• Greenwich High School• Samuel Staples Elementary School• Stamford High School• Read School• Long Hill School• New Fairfield Elementary School• Cloonan School• James J. Curiale School• P-Technology Norwalk• Second Hill Lane School• Great Plain School• Farmingville Elementary School• Stillmeadow School• Nichols School• Tashua School• Waltersville School• Newtown High School• Ox Ridge Elementary School• Brien McMahon High School• Royle Elementary School• Westover School• New Beginnings Family Academy• Henry Abbott Technical High School• Fairfield Woods Middle School• Hayestown Avenue School• Mill Hill School• Beardsley School• Hallen School• Multicultural Magnet School• Roosevelt School• Hawley Elementary School
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