High · Connecticut
Engineering - Science University Magnet School
Free meals for allEngineering - Science University Magnet School, a public high school in West Haven, Connecticut: grades 6–12, 608 students, 11.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New Haven School District.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 608
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.0
- Students per teacher
- 11.7
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
More students per teacher than 55% of high schools in Connecticut
Median 11.4 · 200 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 70% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 58% of high schools in Connecticut
Median 674 · 200 schools compared
Larger than 61% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
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%59%proficient
−5.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 84% of high schools in Connecticut
Median 32% · 19 high schools compared
257 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Connecticut: 46%52%proficient
+3.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 79% of high schools in Connecticut
Median 17% · 19 high schools compared
258 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.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with New Haven School District.
Location
- Address
- 500 Boston Post Road, West Haven, CT 06516
- Phone
- (475)220-6000
- City or town
- West Haven
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Hill Regional Career High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 625 | 11.4 |
Sound SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 332 | 8.3 |
West Haven High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,813 | 15.6 |
Cooperative High School - Inter-District MagnetFree meals for all | 9–12 | 560 | 11.7 |
High School In The CommunityFree meals for all | 9–12 | 251 | 10.0 |
Metropolitan Business AcademyFree meals for all | 9–12 | 380 | 11.5 |
Sources
- 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).
- 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.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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