A.B. Skane Center

Located at 2977 North Madison Ave., in Bridgeport, Connecticut, A.B. Skane Center is a compact elementary campus that serves 183 students (grades pre-K through K), run under Bridgeport School District. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 378 students each, so A.B. Skane Center sits 52% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 36 schools in Bridgeport School District (19,802 students total), A.B. Skane Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, A.B. Skane Center shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Black, 15% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, A.B. Skane Center shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Greater Bridgeport Planning Region (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Greater Bridgeport Planning Region) reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,667 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's 91 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,880 students), A.B. Skane Center is one campus in the mix.

Interdistrict Discovery Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around A.B. Skane Center.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 211 students in 2018 compared to 183 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 41% to 57% over that span.

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