There were 12,773 white students enrolled in Middlesex County in the 2023-24 school year, 3% less than the previous year, according to the Connecticut State Department of Education.
Data showed that Middlesex County welcomed 18,234 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 70.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 51 schools in Middlesex County, Middletown High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 510 students.
Student enrollment has been dropping in Connecticut’s public schools for over a decade now. With the exception of a slight relief in the 2021-22 school year, schools in the state have lost more than 30,000 students since 2014.Â
| School Name | % of white Students | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Burr District Elementary School | 93.9% | 297 |
| Haddam-Killingworth Intermediate School | 91.4% | 280 |
| Frederick Brewster School | 90.9% | 230 |
| East Haddam Elementary School | 90.1% | 354 |
| Middlefield Memorial School | 89.8% | 245 |
| Haddam-Killingworth Middle School | 88.6% | 395 |
| Nathan Hale-Ray High School | 88.6% | 264 |
| Haddam-Killingworth High School | 88% | 518 |
| Chester Elementary School | 87.9% | 207 |
| Center School | 87.6% | 250 |
| East Hampton High School | 87.4% | 507 |
| Frank Ward Strong School | 87.4% | 310 |
| Essex Elementary School | 87% | 299 |
| Killingworth Elementary School | 86.6% | 269 |
| Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School | 86.5% | 371 |
| Deep River Elementary School | 86.2% | 195 |
| John Winthrop Middle School | 86.1% | 223 |
| Memorial School | 85.8% | 542 |
| John Lyman School | 85.6% | 174 |
| East Hampton Middle School | 85.5% | 427 |
| Coginchaug Regional High School | 84.1% | 359 |
| Valley Regional High School | 82% | 483 |
| Old Saybrook Senior High School | 80.6% | 345 |
| Valley View School | 78.1% | 228 |
| Kathleen E. Goodwin School | 76.1% | 380 |
| Portland High School | 75.1% | 305 |
| Old Saybrook Middle School | 74.8% | 301 |
| Westbrook Middle School | 74.4% | 160 |
| The Morgan School | 70.9% | 477 |
| Cromwell Middle School | 70.9% | 471 |
| Lewin G. Joel Jr. School | 70.3% | 546 |
| Portland Middle School | 70.1% | 211 |
| Gildersleeve School | 69.9% | 269 |
| Brownstone Intermediate School | 68.6% | 210 |
| Daisy Ingraham School | 68.2% | 258 |
| Westbrook High School | 67.6% | 176 |
| Jared Eliot School | 67.3% | 431 |
| Cromwell High School | 66.3% | 523 |
| Woodside Intermediate School | 66.3% | 439 |
| Vinal Technical High School | 65.4% | 547 |
| Edna C. Stevens School | 65.3% | 450 |
| Moody School | 50% | 214 |
| Wesley School | 49.4% | 231 |
| Lawrence School | 46.1% | 321 |
| Middletown High School | 41.8% | 1,220 |
| Beman Middle School | 40.1% | 985 |
| Spencer School | 39.4% | 254 |
| Snow School | 39% | 344 |
| Farm Hill School | 38.4% | 276 |
| Bielefield School | 30.8% | 237 |
| MacDonough School | 30.1% | 226 |