Harborside Middle School

As a tight-knit intermediate school in Milford, Connecticut, Harborside Middle School instructs 400 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Milford School District. Compared to the state average of about 521 students per school, that is 23% below typical.

Milford School District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 5,110 students. Harborside Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Harborside Middle School records that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 18% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.3:1, putting Harborside Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than South Central Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 51%.

In the broader community, census data for South Central Connecticut Planning Region shows median household income runs about $88,197, 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 Harborside Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mathewson School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harborside Middle School.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 481 students in 2018 compared to 400 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 64% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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