High · Connecticut
The Bridge Academy
CharterFree meals for allThe Bridge Academy, a public high school in Bridgeport, Connecticut: grades 7–12, 281 students, 16.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of The Bridge Academy 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
- 281
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.2
- Students per teacher
- 16.3
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
More students per teacher than 95% of high schools in Connecticut
Median 11.4 · 200 schools compared
More students per teacher than 63% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 88% of high schools in Connecticut
Median 674 · 200 schools compared
Smaller 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%30%proficient
−2.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 53% of high schools in Connecticut
Median 32% · 19 high schools compared
94 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Connecticut: 46%17%proficient
−14.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 53% of high schools in Connecticut
Median 17% · 19 high schools compared
94 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 7–12
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with The Bridge Academy District.
Location
- Address
- 160 Pulaski Street, Bridgeport, CT 06608
- Phone
- (203)336-9999
- City or town
- Bridgeport
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
REGIONS secure BridgeportAlternative | 5–12 | 0 | — |
Bridgeport Residential CenterAlternative | 8–12 | 0 | — |
Central High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,803 | 18.6 |
Warren Harding High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,324 | 19.9 |
Bassick High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,075 | 17.1 |
Bridgeport Military AcademyFree meals for all | 9–12 | 321 | 14.3 |
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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