Quantcast

SW Connecticut News

Sunday, April 13, 2025

Fairfield County Education: 37 American Indian or Alaska Native students were enrolled in schools in 2023-24 school year

Schools

Webp crt headshotll

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/

There were 37 American Indian or Alaska Native students enrolled in Fairfield County in the 2023-24 school year, 2.6% less than the previous year, according to the according to the Connecticut State Department of Education.

Data showed that Fairfield County welcomed 142,077 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, American Indian or Alaska Native students comprised less than 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 237 schools in Fairfield County, Candlewood Lake Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian or Alaska Native students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 18 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
White [44%]Hispanic [35.3%]Black [11%]Ethnicities <5% [8.2%]
Enrollment Demographics in Fairfield County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School Name% of American Indian or Alaska Native StudentsTotal Enrollment
Multicultural Magnet School2.8%422
Candlewood Lake Elementary School1.6%1,107
Danbury High School0.2%3,603
Booth Hill School0%283
Mohegan School0%337
Veterans Park Elementary School0%241
Scotland Elementary School0%333
Ridgebury Elementary School0%351
Branchville Elementary School0%335
Scotts Ridge Middle School0%527
Ridgefield High School0%1,420
Farmingville Elementary School0%321
East Ridge Middle School0%481
Barlow Mountain Elementary School0%377
John Read Middle School0%353
Redding Elementary School0%511
Consolidated School0%504
Elizabeth Shelton School0%425
Intermediate School0%752
Long Hill School0%319
Perry Hill Elementary School0%701
Shelton High School0%1,311
Sunnyside School0%224
Stamford Charter School for Excellence0%540
Hart School0%598
Julia A. Stark School0%611
Newfield School0%543
Rogers International School0%770
Roxbury School0%545
Springdale School0%580
Stamford High School0%2,121
Stillmeadow School0%604
Head O'Meadow Elementary School0%319
Newtown High School0%1,276
Newtown Middle School0%610
Hawley Elementary School0%289
Middle Gate Elementary School0%416
Reed Intermediate School0%581
Sandy Hook Elementary School0%353
Brien McMahon High School0%1,766
Concord Magnet School0%362
Jefferson Marine Science Elementary School0%465
Norwalk Early Childhood Center0%150
Norwalk High School0%1,547
Ponus Ridge STEAM Academy0%622
Silvermine Dual Language Magnet School0%427
Tracey Magnet School0%464
Wolfpit Integrated Arts Elementary School0%357
Brookside Elementary School0%398
Center for Global Studies0%284
Cranbury Elementary School0%420
Fox Run Elementary School0%370
Kendall College & Career Academy0%378
Marvin Elementary School0%402
Naramake Elementary School0%366
Nathan Hale Middle School0%524
P-TECH Norwalk0%380
Roton Middle School0%453
Rowayton School0%435
South Norwalk Elementary School0%133
West Rocks Middle School0%701
Park City Prep Charter School0%403
Middlebrook School0%481
Trumbull High School0%2,155
Frenchtown Elementary School0%493
Hillcrest Middle School0%770
Jane Ryan School0%463
Tashua School0%419
Hurlbutt Elementary School0%462
Weston Intermediate School0%463
Weston Middle School0%519
Weston High School0%709
Bedford Middle School0%747
Coleytown Middle School0%486
Saugatuck Elementary School0%398
Coleytown Elementary School0%486
Green's Farms School0%454
King's Highway Elementary School0%463
Long Lots School0%562
Staples High School0%1,626
Middlebrook School0%833
Miller-Driscoll School0%854
Cider Mill School0%822
Wilton High School0%1,244
Helen Keller Middle School0%285
Samuel Staples Elementary School0%618
New Beginnings Inc Family Academy0%392
Joel Barlow High School0%737
Sherman School0%245
Side By Side Charter School0%236
The Bridge Academy0%281
Strawberry Hill an ext. of Rogers International0%797
Toquam Magnet School0%549
Westhill High School0%2,259
Westover School0%521
Cloonan School0%511
Davenport Ridge School0%693
Dolan School0%591
K. T. Murphy School0%402
Northeast School0%475
Rippowam Middle School0%675
Scofield Middle School0%612
The Academy of Information, Technology & Engineering0%630
Turn of River School0%624
Bunnell High School0%1,057
David Wooster Middle School0%547
Eli Whitney School0%489
Franklin School0%267
Stratford High School0%1,131
Wilcoxson School0%352
Chapel School0%283
Harry B. Flood Middle School0%471
Johnson House Elementary School0%545
Lordship School0%176
Nichols School0%408
Second Hill Lane School0%597
Victoria Soto Preschool0%193
Booth Hill School0%520
Daniels Farm School0%514
Madison Middle School0%821
Achievement First Bridgeport Academy0%1,098
A.B. Skane Center0%190
Aerospace/Hydrospace, Engineering and Physical Sciences Magnet High School0%330
Biotechnology, Research & Zoological Studies Magnet High School0%366
Black Rock School0%439
Edison School0%193
Geraldine Claytor Magnet Academy0%435
Hall School0%175
Information Technology & Software Engineering Magnet High School0%404
Roosevelt School0%474
Wilbur Cross School0%310
Waltersville School0%428
Brookfield High School0%871
Whisconier Middle School0%591
Capital Preparatory Harbor School0%781
Henry Abbott Technical High School0%692
J. M. Wright Technical High School0%451
Bullard-Havens Technical High School0%818
Broadview Middle School0%1,098
Ellsworth Avenue School0%507
Hayestown Avenue School0%447
Mill Ridge Primary School0%341
Rogers Park Middle School0%878
Shelter Rock School0%550
South Street School0%377
Stadley Rough School0%520
Westside Middle School Academy0%745
DPS Early Childhood Center0%56
DPS Early Childhood Center at Granville0%167
Great Plain School0%264
Anna H. Rockwell School0%302
Bethel High School0%1,083
Bethel Middle School0%766
Frank A. Berry School0%387
Ralph M. T. Johnson School0%673
Barnum School0%587
Bassick High School0%1,033
Beardsley School0%302
Blackham School0%1,046
Bridgeport Military Academy0%296
Bryant School0%304
Central High School0%1,704
Cesar Batalla School0%1,020
Classical Studies Academy0%385
Columbus School0%538
Geraldine Johnson School0%802
Hallen School0%278
High Horizons Magnet School0%442
Interdistrict Discovery Magnet School0%482
James J. Curiale School0%513
Jettie S. Tisdale School0%577
John Winthrop School0%601
Luis Munoz Marin School0%710
Madison School0%448
Park City Magnet School0%477
Paul Laurence Dunbar School0%394
Read School0%793
Thomas Hooker School0%252
Warren Harding High School0%1,201
Great Oaks Charter School0%659
Central Middle School0%503
Cos Cob School0%340
Greenwich High School0%2,633
Hamilton Avenue School0%298
New Lebanon School0%342
North Mianus School0%475
North Street School0%396
Riverside School0%473
Western Middle School0%611
Eastern Middle School0%793
Glenville School0%415
International School At Dundee0%325
Julian Curtiss School0%246
Old Greenwich School0%406
Parkway School0%244
Fawn Hollow Elementary School0%700
Jockey Hollow School0%759
Masuk High School0%1,057
Monroe Elementary School0%407
Stepney Elementary School0%521
New Canaan High School0%1,257
Saxe Middle School0%1,261
South School0%507
West School0%499
East School0%570
New Fairfield Elementary School0%435
New Fairfield High School0%688
New Fairfield Middle School0%506
King Street Intermediate School0%353
King Street Primary School0%404
Morris Street School0%362
Park Avenue School0%599
Pembroke School0%380
Western CT Academy of International Studies Elementary Magnet School0%357
Darien High School0%1,398
Hindley Elementary School0%420
Holmes Elementary School0%430
Middlesex Middle School0%1,047
Ox Ridge Elementary School0%598
Royle Elementary School0%331
Tokeneke Elementary School0%428
Fairfield Ludlowe High School0%1,489
Jennings School0%280
McKinley School0%470
Roger Ludlowe Middle School0%760
Stratfield School0%339
Burr Elementary School0%357
Dwight Elementary School0%231
Fairfield Warde High School0%1,370
Fairfield Woods Middle School0%742
Holland Hill School0%379
Mill Hill School0%402
North Stratfield School0%414
Osborn Hill School0%444
Riverfield School0%398
Sherman School0%373
Tomlinson Middle School0%590

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

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate

Trending

MORE NEWS

Schools

Fairfield County Education: 37 American Indian or Alaska Native students were enrolled in schools in 2023-24 school year

Schools

There were 4,749 multiracial students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in 2023-24 school year

Schools

Fairfield County Education: 6,973 Asian students were enrolled in schools in 2023-24 school year

Schools

How many Black students were enrolled in Fairfield County schools in 2023-24 school year?

Schools

How many Hispanic students were enrolled in Fairfield County schools in 2023-24 school year?