Stamford High School

Stamford High School is a secondary school of high-enrollment scale in Stamford, Connecticut, overseen by Stamford School District, teacheing 2,102 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 167% larger than the state mean of about 788.

Across the 21 schools in Stamford School District (15,483 students total), Stamford High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Stamford High School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 24% White, 19% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 149 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Western Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Western Connecticut Planning Region put median household income runs about $128,188, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Stamford High School is one of 149 public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students).

Strawberry Hill an ext. of Rogers International is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Stamford High School operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stamford High School has edged up 24%, going from 1,689 students in 2018 to 2,102 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 39% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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