Barnard Environmental Magnet School

Located at 170 Derby Ave., in New Haven, Connecticut, Barnard Environmental Magnet School is a moderately sized primary school that serves 496 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within New Haven School District. Compared to the state average of about 378 students per school, that is 31% above typical.

Across the 37 schools in New Haven School District (17,903 students total), Barnard Environmental Magnet School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Barnard Environmental Magnet School lists that the largest single group is Black at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 10% White, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, South Central Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for South Central Connecticut Planning Region shows the typical household earns roughly $88,197 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Barnard Environmental Magnet School is one of 152 public schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students).

The closest other public school is Augusta Lewis Troup School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Barnard Environmental Magnet School.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 536 students in 2018 compared to 496 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share expanded from 1% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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