School district · Connecticut
Bridgeport School District
Bridgeport School District in Connecticut: 36 public schools with 19,802 students and 14.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $21,851 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 36
- Students
- 19,802
- Students per teacher
- 14.4
- CT 11.5 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $21,851
- CT $25.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,372
- Counselors (FTE)
- 47.6
- Students per counselor
- 416
- CT 297 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 24.2
- Librarians (FTE): 14.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Connecticut's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Connecticut: 50%21%proficient
+1.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 98% of school districts in Connecticut
Median 57% · 185 school districts compared
8,581 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Connecticut: 46%16%proficient
+3.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 96% of school districts in Connecticut
Median 53% · 187 school districts compared
8,531 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 19% · $101M
- State
- 57% · $298.3M
- Local
- 23% · $119.6M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $13,777
- Support services
- $7,154
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $58.2M
- Long-term debt
- $125.4M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A.B. Skane CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K–K | 183 | 11.4 | — | — |
Barnum SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 588 | 13.4 | 17% | 13% |
Beardsley SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 327 | 14.2 | 21% | 9.5% |
Black Rock SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 439 | 14.9 | 31% | 26% |
Blackham SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 1,088 | 17.5 | 22% | 13% |
Bryant SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 317 | 12.2 | 9.3% | 5.7% |
Cesar Batalla SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 990 | 15.2 | 10% | 12% |
Classical Studies AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 351 | 14.0 | 26% | 18% |
Columbus SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 546 | 13.7 | 6.3% | 12% |
Edison SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 181 | 11.9 | 26% | 11% |
Geraldine Claytor Magnet AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 450 | 15.5 | 13% | 13% |
Geraldine Johnson SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 825 | 15.4 | 17% | 17% |
Hall SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 162 | 10.1 | 16% | 13% |
Hallen SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 280 | 16.5 | 23% | 25% |
High Horizons Magnet SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 443 | 17.0 | 35% | 18% |
Interdistrict Discovery Magnet SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 492 | 14.5 | 45% | 24% |
James J. Curiale SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 509 | 15.0 | 14% | 6.7% |
Jettie S. Tisdale SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 547 | 11.9 | 19% | 16% |
John Winthrop SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 607 | 12.6 | 44% | 32% |
Luis Munoz Marin SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 709 | 15.2 | 8.4% | 6.4% |
Madison SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 451 | 12.5 | 21% | 20% |
Multicultural Magnet SchoolFree meals for all | K–8 | 436 | 15.3 | 49% | 35% |
Park City Magnet SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 487 | 15.3 | 38% | 33% |
Paul Laurence Dunbar SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 391 | 16.3 | 12% | 6.3% |
Read SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 863 | 18.0 | 17% | 13% |
Roosevelt SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 493 | 14.5 | 20% | 9.3% |
Thomas Hooker SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 288 | 11.1 | 32% | 21% |
Waltersville SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 432 | 13.7 | 16% | 13% |
Wilbur Cross SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 318 | 13.8 | 3.6% | 4.3% |
Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering and Physical Sciences MagneFree meals for all | 9–12 | 324 | 11.6 | — | — |
Bassick High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,075 | 17.1 | — | — |
Biotechnology Research & Zoological Studies Magnet High SchoFree meals for all | 9–12 | 376 | 13.0 | — | — |
Bridgeport Military AcademyFree meals for all | 9–12 | 321 | 14.3 | — | — |
Central High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,803 | 18.6 | — | — |
Information Technology & Software Engineering Magnet High ScFree meals for all | 9–12 | 386 | 12.9 | — | — |
Warren Harding High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,324 | 19.9 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 45 Lyon Terrace, Bridgeport, CT 06604
- Phone
- (203)275-1037
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.