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What's something Harry B. Flood Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
466
Middle
DISTRICT 502 · STATE 521
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STRATFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 090444000888
Harry B. Flood Middle School
490 Chapel Street, Stratford, CT 06614 · (203) 385-4280 · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Connecticut public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Connecticut public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
222 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 44%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 225 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 241 | 52% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CT Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
38.5%
CT avg 50.5%
Math
25.5%
CT avg 45.9%
What this means: On the CT Smarter Balanced, Connecticut's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Connecticut schools, those numbers are about 51 and 46.
Source: CT Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like Harry B. Flood Middle School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry B. Flood Middle School this school | 466 | 47.6% | N/A |
| Sunset Ridge Middle School East Hartford | 334 | 43.7% | N/A |
| David Wooster Middle School Stratford | 538 | 57.6% | N/A |
| ACES at Chase Waterbury | 556 | 41.7% | N/A |
| Nathan Hale Middle School Norwalk | 499 | 55.3% | N/A |
| Roton Middle School Norwalk | 463 | 54.4% | N/A |
Matched among Connecticut middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Harry B. Flood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Connecticut | In Greater Bridgeport Planning Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #140 of 174 | #9 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #140 of 173 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #98 of 181 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #52 of 169 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #18 of 169 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.6% | #68 of 180 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.6% | #29 of 133 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
466
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 399
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 466 | 44.5 | 10.5:1 | 48% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 42.5 | 11.1:1 | 47% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 45.5 | 10.8:1 | 45% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 490 | 39 | 12.6:1 | 44% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 46.2 | 12.7:1 | 48% (283) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 42 | 13.3:1 | 53% (295) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 41 | 14.6:1 | 37% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 649 | 55 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 399 | 34 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harry B. Flood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (587 to 466); teachers down 4% (46.2 to 44.5).
About Harry B. Flood Middle School
Harry B. Flood Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Stratford, Connecticut. It reports enrollment of 466 students in grades 7 through 8.
The 13 schools in Stratford School District enroll 6,388 students altogether, Harry B. Flood Middle School among them.
The biggest share of students at Harry B. Flood Middle School, 46%, is Hispanic. The next largest groups are 26% Black, 23% White, and 3% multiracial. In Greater Bridgeport Planning Region overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
For every teacher at Harry B. Flood Middle School, there are about 10.5 students; the school has 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Connecticut is 11.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 222 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 48% of enrollment.
Harry B. Flood Middle School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 19% of Connecticut public middle schools.
In Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, where the school is located, the median household earns about $89,667 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region number 91, with about 50,880 students.
Harry B. Flood Middle School's nearest public school is Chapel School (about 0.1 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Harry B. Flood Middle School.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment fell by 5% across 4 years, from 490 in 2020-21 to 466 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 12.6:1 in 2020-21 to 10.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Greater Bridgeport Planning Region at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
329,259
Census ACS
Median income
$89,667
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
91
50,880 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stratford School District
- Stratford High SchoolHigh · 1,150 students
- Bunnell High SchoolHigh · 982 students
- Second Hill Lane SchoolElementary · 610 students
- David Wooster Middle SchoolMiddle · 538 students
- Johnson House Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
- Eli Whitney SchoolElementary · 462 students
Other schools in Stratford
- Stratford High SchoolHigh · 1,150 students
- Bunnell High SchoolHigh · 982 students
- Second Hill Lane SchoolElementary · 610 students
- David Wooster Middle SchoolMiddle · 538 students
- Johnson House Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
- Eli Whitney SchoolElementary · 462 students
Nearby schools
- Chapel School0.1 mi · 290
- Eli Whitney School1.4 mi · 462
- Bunnell High School1.4 mi · 982
- Second Hill Lane School2.1 mi · 610
- Wilcoxson School2.2 mi · 318
- David Wooster Middle School2.2 mi · 538
Frequently asked questions
About Harry B. Flood Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Harry B. Flood Middle School?
Harry B. Flood Middle School enrolls approximately 466 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Harry B. Flood Middle School serve?
Harry B. Flood Middle School serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Harry B. Flood Middle School?
Approximately 10.5:1 students per teacher at Harry B. Flood Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harry B. Flood Middle School?
At Harry B. Flood Middle School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 46% Hispanic, 26% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Harry B. Flood Middle School public or private?
Harry B. Flood Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Stratford School District.
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