Amistad Academy

Set in New Haven, Connecticut, Amistad Academy is a mid-tier all-grades campus, overseen by Amistad Academy District. It educates 1,105 students across grades K through 12. That puts it 41% bigger than the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 786 students.

Amistad Academy is a school of Amistad Academy District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Amistad Academy records that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 35% Hispanic. By comparison, South Central Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 102 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Amistad Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against South Central Connecticut Planning Region (around 51%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Across the wider county, South Central Connecticut Planning Region reports that the typical household earns roughly $88,197 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, South Central Connecticut Planning Region runs 152 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students), of which Amistad Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Augusta Lewis Troup School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Amistad Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Amistad Academy's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 1,081 (now 1,105). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 7.9:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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