Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy for Global Awareness

As a mid-sized elementary school in New Haven, Connecticut, Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy for Global Awareness caters to 434 students from grades K through 8, overseen by New Haven School District.

New Haven School District comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 17,903 students; Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy for Global Awareness is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy for Global Awareness shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 18% Black, 16% Asian, 9% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 85% of students at Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy for Global Awareness qualify 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 noticeably above typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for South Central Connecticut Planning Region indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,197 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy for Global Awareness is one of 152 public schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students).

The closest other public school is Hill Central Music Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 481 students in 2018 compared to 434 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 1% to 16% across the same window.

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