High · Connecticut

The Bridge at ACES

AlternativeFree meals for all

The Bridge at ACES, a public high school in Hamden, Connecticut: grades 6–12, 32 students, 1.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Area Cooperative Educational Services.

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: 32
Teachers (FTE): 17.8
Students per teacher: 1.8
Grades: 6–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 100% of high schools in Connecticut

Median 11.4 · 200 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 99% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 99% of high schools in Connecticut

Median 674 · 200 schools compared

Smaller than 92% 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%

Not published: too few students tested.

16 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Connecticut: 46%

Not published: too few students tested.

11 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 · Alternative
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Area Cooperative Educational Services

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Area Cooperative Educational Services.

Location

Address: 261 Skiff Street, Hamden, CT 06517
Phone: (203)507-5545
County: South Central Connecticut Planning Region

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Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Hamden High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,609	13.5	0.8 mi
REGIONS secure HamdenAlternative	5–12	0	—	2.0 mi
North Haven High School	9–12	944	11.0	2.3 mi
Eli Whitney Technical High SchoolCareer and technicalFree meals for all	9–12	586	10.3	2.7 mi
Wilbur Cross High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,742	13.7	3.2 mi
Common Ground High SchoolCharterFree meals for all	9–12	221	10.0	3.6 mi

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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