Information Technology & Software Engineering Magnet High Sc

Information Technology & Software Engineering Magnet High Sc is one of the intimate high schools in Bridgeport, Connecticut, operated by Bridgeport School District, with 386 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 51% below the state mean of about 788.

Within Bridgeport School District, which oversees 36 schools and 19,802 students, Information Technology & Software Engineering Magnet High Sc is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Information Technology & Software Engineering Magnet High Sc shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 22% Black, 16% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Greater Bridgeport Planning Region (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Greater Bridgeport Planning Region) shows that median household income runs about $89,667, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Information Technology & Software Engineering Magnet High Sc is one of 91 public schools in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 50,880 students).

Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering and Physical Sciences Magne is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Information Technology & Software Engineering Magnet High Sc's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 475 (now 386). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 40% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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