Chapel School

Located at 380 Chapel Street, in Stratford, Connecticut, Chapel School is a close-knit elementary-level community that hosts 290 students (grades K through 6), part of Stratford School District. That puts it 23% below the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 378 students.

Within Stratford School District, which oversees 13 schools and 6,388 students, Chapel School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Chapel School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 31% White, 28% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Greater Bridgeport Planning Region) records that the typical household earns roughly $89,667 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region runs 91 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,880 students), of which Chapel School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Harry B. Flood Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Chapel School's enrollment has ticked down 38% since 2018, when it stood at 465 (now 290). The Black share of enrollment edged up from 23% to 28% over that span.

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