New Britain High School

New Britain High School is a large high school serving families in New Britain, Connecticut. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 2,521 students in 2024-25. Across high schools in Connecticut, the average enrollment is about 788.

Enrollment across the 14 schools in New Britain School District totals 9,012 students.

More than half of enrollment at New Britain High School is Hispanic: 66%. The remaining shares are 15% White, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, New Britain High School scores 52%.

Classroom staffing at New Britain High School totals 155.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1. Statewide, high schools in Connecticut average 12.3:1. Federal data show 71% of students (1,802) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Capitol Planning Region is 43%.

Census data for Capitol Planning Region show the median household earns about $93,394 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting New Britain High School, Capitol Planning Region has 286 public schools.

New Britain High School's nearest public school is Northend Elementary School (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The school grew from 2,286 students in 2020-21 to 2,521 in 2024-25.

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