Forest School

Forest School operates as a medium-sized primary school in West Haven, Connecticut, part of West Haven School District. Current enrollment sits at 428 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

Forest School is one of 9 schools operated by West Haven School District, a district that enrolls 5,751 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Forest School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 28% Black, 15% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the resource side, On paper, Forest School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Forest School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at Forest School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, South Central Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for South Central Connecticut Planning Region put 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%. Forest School is one of 152 public schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students).

Nearest neighbor: Carrigan 5/6 Intermediate School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 424 students in 2018 compared to 428 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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