There were 2,625 students enrolled in Branford School District in the 2023-24 school year, 1% less than the previous year, according to the Connecticut State Department of Education.
Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 66.1% of the district’s total enrollment.
Branford School District roughly covers five schools within New Haven County and has a main office in Branford.
Among those schools, Francis Walsh Intermediate School recorded the highest enrollment of 795 students in the 2023-24 school year.
Connecticut’s public school enrollment has been in continuous decline over the past decade, falling to an estimated 508,402 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to state data. That represents a drop of about 4,250 students from the prior year and roughly 33,400 fewer students than a decade ago, extending a long-running downward trend in statewide enrollment.
A similar pattern also appears in nonpublic schools. Data from the Connecticut State Department of Education shows about 53,000 students were enrolled in nonpublic schools in 2023-24, slightly fewer than in 2019-20 and well below levels in the late 2010s.
| School | Total Enrollment in 2022-23 | Total Enrollment in 2023-24 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Walsh Intermediate School | 767 | 795 | 3.7% |
| Branford High School | 818 | 784 | -4.2% |
| Mary T. Murphy School | 366 | 349 | -4.6% |
| Mary R. Tisko School | 352 | 345 | -2% |
| John B. Sliney School | 275 | 257 | -6.5% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Connecticut State Department of Education. The source data can be found here.