Elm City College Preparatory School

Located at 407 James Street, in New Haven, Connecticut, Elm City College Preparatory School is a reasonably sized all-grades campus that caters to 760 students (grades K through 12), one of the schools within Elm City College Preparatory School District.

Elm City College Preparatory School is a school of Elm City College Preparatory School District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Elm City College Preparatory School shows that Black students make up the majority at 60%; the rest is composed of 36% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Elm City College Preparatory School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than South Central Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 51%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (South Central Connecticut Planning Region) reports that median household income runs about $88,197, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Elm City College Preparatory School is one of 152 public schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students).

Nearest neighbor: Family Academy of Multilingual Exploration, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Elm City College Preparatory School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Elm City College Preparatory School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 752 (now 760). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 73% to 60%. Class-load math has rose: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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