Highville Charter School

In New Haven, Connecticut, Highville Charter School is a low-enrollment combined-grade school. A federal count lists 499 students at the school, in pre-K through 12. An average school in this group (combined schools in Connecticut) has about 786 students.

Highville Charter School District is the district for Highville Charter School.

Highville Charter School's enrollment is 82% Black. Next come 14% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 14% Black. The school's diversity index is 30%, meaning two students picked at random have a 30% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Teachers at the school number 39 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.8:1. On average, combined schools in Connecticut have 17.0:1, compared with 12.8:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 71% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, the average is 51%.

County data help place the school in context: in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, the median household income is $88,197, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, South Central Connecticut Planning Region has 152 public schools and roughly 72,909 students.

Nearest public school: Celentano BioTech Health and Medical Magnet School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Highville Charter School is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.

Highville Charter School's enrollment climbed from 447 in 2020-21 to 499 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 17.9 in 2020-21 to 12.8 in 2024-25.

The Highville Charter School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.