Fair Haven School

Fair Haven School operates as a sprawling elementary-level community in New Haven, Connecticut, run under New Haven School District. Current enrollment sits at 734 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 94% larger than the state mean of about 378.

Fair Haven School is one of 37 schools operated by New Haven School District, a district that instructs 17,903 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Fair Haven School shows that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% Black, 4% Asian, 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the resource side, The school lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against South Central Connecticut Planning Region (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (South Central Connecticut Planning Region) logs 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 Fair Haven School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Family Academy of Multilingual Exploration, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 820 students in 2018 compared to 734 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 81% to 86% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.