New Haven Academy

Set in New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven Academy is a low-enrollment four-year high school, one of the schools within New Haven School District. It caters to 321 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 788 students per school, that is 59% leaner than typical.

New Haven Academy is one of 37 schools operated by New Haven School District, a district that caters to 17,903 students overall.

Demographically, New Haven Academy logs that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 36% Hispanic, 15% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, New Haven Academy logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.3:1 average. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against South Central Connecticut Planning Region (around 51%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (South Central Connecticut Planning Region) reports that median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, South Central Connecticut Planning Region runs 152 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students), of which New Haven Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Booker T. Washington Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around New Haven Academy.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. New Haven Academy's enrollment has edged up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 280 (now 321). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 70% to 44% over that span.

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