Carmen Arace Middle School

As a tiny intermediate school in Bloomfield, Connecticut, Carmen Arace Middle School works with 202 students from grades 7 through 8, part of Bloomfield School District. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 521 students each, so Carmen Arace Middle School sits 61% leaner than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, Carmen Arace Middle School records that 76% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder consists of 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% White. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.3:1, putting Carmen Arace Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Capitol Planning Region (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Capitol Planning Region) logs that median household income runs about $93,394, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Carmen Arace Middle School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

The closest other public school is Carmen Arace Intermediate School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 217 students in 2018 compared to 202 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 81% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

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