Carmen Arace Intermediate School

Carmen Arace Intermediate School operates as an intimate intermediate school in Bloomfield, Connecticut, operated by Bloomfield School District. Current enrollment sits at 210 students spanning grades 5 through 6. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 521 students each, so Carmen Arace Intermediate School sits 60% below that benchmark.

Bloomfield School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 1,834 students. Carmen Arace Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Carmen Arace Intermediate School lists that Black students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Carmen Arace Intermediate School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Capitol Planning Region's rate of about 43%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Capitol Planning Region put median household income runs about $93,394, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Capitol Planning Region runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), of which Carmen Arace Intermediate School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Carmen Arace Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carmen Arace Intermediate School.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Carmen Arace Intermediate School's enrollment has contracted 14% since 2018, when it stood at 244 (now 210). Black enrollment moved from 81% to 73% across the same window.

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