Bassick High School

Among the schools in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is Bassick High School, a medium-sized high school. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 1,075 students. An average school in this group (high schools in Connecticut) has about 788 students.

Bridgeport School District has 36 schools; together they serve 19,802 students.

At Bassick High School, Hispanic students make up 64% of the student body. Next come 29% Black and 5% White. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Teacher staffing is 63 full-time equivalents, or about 17.1 students per teacher. On average, high schools in Connecticut have 12.3:1, compared with 17.1:1 here. About 92% of students, or 990, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, the average is 54%.

County data help place the school in context: in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, the median household income is $89,667, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. In all, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region has 91 public schools and roughly 50,880 students.

Of nearby public schools, Cesar Batalla School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Bassick High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Bassick High School's enrollment climbed from 904 in 2020-21 to 1,075 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 13.7 in 2020-21 to 17.1 in 2024-25.

The Bassick High School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.