The Bridge at ACES

This page covers The Bridge at ACES, a very small high school in Hamden, Connecticut. In all, 32 students attend the school in grades 6 through 12. It has 96% fewer students than the average for high schools in Connecticut (about 788).

Area Cooperative Educational Services oversees The Bridge at ACES and 2 other schools, with 1,097 students in total.

The biggest share of students at The Bridge at ACES, 47%, is Hispanic. The next largest groups are 41% Black, 9% White, and 3% multiracial. In South Central Connecticut Planning Region overall, about 20% of residents are Hispanic.

There are 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 1.8:1. The average for high schools in Connecticut, 12.3:1, is higher. Of all students at The Bridge at ACES, 72% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, the average is 51%.

In the wider South Central Connecticut Planning Region area, the median household earns about $88,197 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across South Central Connecticut Planning Region, 152 public schools serve about 72,909 students.

Of the public schools around it, The Bridge at ACES is closest to Spring Glen School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

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