Joseph Melillo Middle School

Joseph Melillo Middle School, a medium-sized junior high in East Haven, Connecticut, overseen by East Haven School District, serves 461 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Across the 8 schools in East Haven School District (2,833 students total), Joseph Melillo Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Joseph Melillo Middle School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 33% White, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, South Central Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than South Central Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 51%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for South Central Connecticut Planning Region indicate median household income runs about $88,197, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across South Central Connecticut Planning Region's 152 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students), Joseph Melillo Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Overbrook Early Learning Center, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Joseph Melillo Middle School's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 514 (now 461). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 62% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Joseph Melillo Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.