Engineering - Science University Magnet School

As a modestly sized four-year high school in West Haven, Connecticut, Engineering - Science University Magnet School serves 608 students from grades 6 through 12, run under New Haven School District. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 788.

New Haven School District runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 17,903 students. Engineering - Science University Magnet School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Engineering - Science University Magnet School lists that the largest single group is Black at 29%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 27% White, 25% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, South Central Connecticut Planning Region reports that median household earnings sit near $88,197, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, South Central Connecticut Planning Region runs 152 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students), of which Engineering - Science University Magnet School is one.

Carrigan 5/6 Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Engineering - Science University Magnet School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Engineering - Science University Magnet School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 596 (now 608). Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 40% to 29%.

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