Bishop Woods Architecture and Design Magnet School

Bishop Woods Architecture and Design Magnet School is a K-5 school of average-sized scale in New Haven, Connecticut, operated by New Haven School District, works with 408 students in grades K through 8.

Bishop Woods Architecture and Design Magnet School is one of 37 schools operated by New Haven School District, a district that teaches 17,903 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bishop Woods Architecture and Design Magnet School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 30% Black, 6% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Bishop Woods Architecture and Design Magnet School reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Bishop Woods Architecture and Design Magnet School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above South Central Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 51%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for South Central Connecticut Planning Region put the typical household earns roughly $88,197 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Bishop Woods Architecture and Design Magnet School is one.

Ross/Woodward School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bishop Woods Architecture and Design Magnet School.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 449 students in 2018 compared to 408 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 34% to 30% over that span.

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