The Academy of Information Technology & Engineering

The Academy of Information Technology & Engineering is an intimate 9-12 campus in Stamford, Connecticut, one of the schools within Stamford School District. The school caters to 658 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within Stamford School District, which oversees 21 schools and 15,483 students, The Academy of Information Technology & Engineering is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, The Academy of Information Technology & Engineering records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 25% White, 15% Black, 11% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

In terms of school funding signals, The Academy of Information Technology & Engineering records 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. The state averages around 12.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 48% of students at The Academy of Information Technology & Engineering qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Western Connecticut Planning Region (around 33%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Western Connecticut Planning Region) reports that median household income runs about $128,188, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Western Connecticut Planning Region runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), of which The Academy of Information Technology & Engineering is one.

Rippowam Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at The Academy of Information Technology & Engineering has showed little movement, going from 652 students in 2018 to 658 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 32% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.