Clinton Avenue School

Clinton Avenue School is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in New Haven, Connecticut, operated by New Haven School District, with 446 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

Within New Haven School District, which oversees 37 schools and 17,903 students, Clinton Avenue School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Clinton Avenue School records that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 9% Black, 4% Asian, 3% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Clinton Avenue School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above South Central Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 51%.

In the area at large, South Central Connecticut Planning Region reports that 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 Clinton Avenue School is one.

The closest other public school is Elm City College Preparatory School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clinton Avenue School.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 491 students in 2018 compared to 446 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 16% to 9% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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