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White students made up the largest ethnic group in New Haven County schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Connecticut State Department of Education.

Of the 116,704 students attending the county's schools, 38.2% were white.

Hispanic students were the second-largest ethnic group in New Haven County at the time, making up 35.9% of total enrollment.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most represented group in the county, comprising 39.6% of the student body.

Highland School had the most diverse student body in the county, including 28.3% white students, 5.8% Hispanic students, and 1.5% multiracial students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in the county dropped to 0.2% when compared to the previous year.

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.

School	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Students
A. Baldwin Middle School	White	81.2%	483
A. W. Cox School	White	71.9%	260
ACES at Chase	Hispanic	38.6%	567
Alcott School	White	69.2%	328
Alma E. Pagels School	Hispanic	30.9%	363
Amistad Academy	Black	60.4%	1,125
Amity Middle School: Bethany	White	66.8%	352
Amity Middle School: Orange	White	69.9%	359
Amity Regional High School	White	67.6%	1,364
Andrew Avenue School	Hispanic	46.1%	258
Ansonia High School	Hispanic	46.2%	593
Ansonia Middle School	Hispanic	47.6%	571
Augusta Lewis Troup School	Black	50.6%	393
B. W. Tinker School	Hispanic	61.1%	578
Barack H. Obama Magnet University School	Black	47.6%	313
Barnard Environmental Magnet School	Black	35.7%	501
Bear Path School	White	43.1%	385
Beecher Road School	White	64.6%	882
Beecher School	Black	53.3%	473
Benjamin Franklin School	Hispanic	54%	350
Benjamin Jepson Magnet School	Hispanic	62.7%	402
Bethany Community School	White	79.8%	445
Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School	Black	43.1%	334
Bishop Woods Architecture and Design Magnet School	Hispanic	55.7%	431
Booker T. Washington Academy	Black	79.2%	384
Bradley School	Hispanic	35.7%	272
Branford High School	White	67.1%	784
Brass City Charter School	Hispanic	52.9%	363
Brennan Rogers School	Black	55.4%	202
Bucks Hill School	Hispanic	72.2%	277
Bungay School	White	66%	480
Bunker Hill School	Hispanic	60.8%	462
Calf Pen Meadow School	White	75%	260
Calvin Leete School	White	78.9%	218
Carbone School/East Haven Academy	White	65.3%	357
Carrigan 5/6 Intermediate School	Hispanic	40.3%	878
Carrington School	Hispanic	52.1%	453
Casimir Pulaski School	Hispanic	69.9%	578
Celentano BioTech, Health and Medical Magnet School	Black	48.3%	362
Chapman School	White	77.5%	369
Chatfield-LoPresti School	White	60.3%	536
Cheshire High School	White	73.4%	1,183
Church Street School	Hispanic	51.4%	290
City Hill Middle School	White	42.3%	636
Clinton Avenue School	Hispanic	83%	452
Clintonville Elementary School	White	73.1%	342
Common Ground High School	Hispanic	46.6%	223
Conte/West Hills Magnet School	Hispanic	53.7%	553
Cook Hill School	White	68.7%	374
Cooperative High School - Inter-District Magnet	Black	44.7%	548
Crosby High School	Hispanic	64.7%	1,452
Cross Street Intermediate School	Hispanic	40.5%	331
Dag Hammarskjold Middle School	White	66.7%	564
Daniel Hand High School	White	84.5%	776
Darcey School	White	69%	145
Davis Academy for Arts & Design Innovation	Black	59.7%	489
Deer Run School	White	44.8%	221
Derby High School	Hispanic	37.3%	370
Derby Middle School	Hispanic	48.9%	282
Dodd Middle School	White	73.5%	630
Dominick H. Ferrara School	White	43.8%	178
Doolittle School	White	71%	525
Dr. Robert H. Brown Intermediate School	White	82.9%	345
Driggs School	Hispanic	63.1%	452
Duggan School	Hispanic	60.2%	410
Dunbar Hill School	Black	36.5%	271
E. C. Adams Middle School	White	83%	482
East Haven High School	White	45.6%	878
East Rock Community Magnet School	Hispanic	40.2%	445
East Shore Middle School	White	69.1%	366
Edgewood School	Black	43.5%	407
Edison Middle School	Hispanic	59.1%	777
Edith E. Mackrille School	White	34.7%	311
Eli Whitney Technical High School	Hispanic	58.2%	582
Elm City College Preparatory School	Black	62.6%	775
Elm City Montessori School	White	34.4%	305
Emmett O'Brien Technical High School	White	47.7%	652
Engineering - Science University Magnet School	Black	30.7%	600
Evarts C. Stevens School	White	65.1%	315
F. J. Kingsbury School	Hispanic	59.6%	423
Fair Haven School	Hispanic	81.9%	713
Family Academy of Multilingual Exploration	Hispanic	94.4%	462
Forest School	Hispanic	47.4%	439
Francis T. Maloney High School	Hispanic	56.2%	1,301
Francis Walsh Intermediate School	White	66.5%	795
Frisbie School	White	75.3%	271
Gainfield Elementary School	White	83.9%	347
Gilmartin School	Hispanic	69.1%	482
Great Oak Elementary School	White	81.8%	358
Green Acres Elementary School	White	65.2%	422
Grove J. Tuttle School	Hispanic	43%	279
Guilford High School	White	78.6%	1,026
Guilford Lakes School	White	69%	348
H. C. Wilcox Technical High School	Hispanic	47.4%	738
H. S. Chase School	Hispanic	56.1%	585
Hamden High School	Black	36.2%	1,661
Hamden Middle School	Black	32.3%	814
Hanover School	Hispanic	66.2%	468
Harborside Middle School	White	64.6%	396
Harry M. Bailey Middle School	Hispanic	43.8%	885
Helen Street School	Hispanic	37.3%	300
High School In The Community	Hispanic	48.4%	279
Highland School	White	74.2%	866
Highland School	White	28.3%	866
Highville Charter School	Black	83.9%	504
Hill Central Music Academy	Hispanic	76.3%	413
Hill Regional Career High School	Hispanic	45.6%	638
Hillside Intermediate School	Hispanic	47.4%	272
Hop Brook Elementary School	Hispanic	42%	312
Hopeville School	Hispanic	69.7%	284
Irving School	Hispanic	51.4%	329
Israel Putnam School	Hispanic	56.4%	482
J. F. Kennedy School	White	60.1%	318
J. Milton Jeffrey Elementary School	White	83.8%	383
James H. Moran Middle School	White	69.7%	528
James Hillhouse High School	Black	48.5%	1,101
Jerome Harrison School	White	83.6%	396
John B. Sliney School	White	67.3%	257
John Barry School	Hispanic	71%	451
John C. Daniels	Hispanic	79.9%	513
John F. Kennedy High School	Hispanic	62.2%	1,391
John S. Martinez Sea and Sky STEM School	Hispanic	89.9%	483
Jonathan Law High School	White	60.8%	829
Joseph A. Foran High School	White	73.8%	729
Joseph Melillo Middle School	Hispanic	47.6%	475
Kathleen H. Ryerson Elementary School	White	89.5%	323
King/Robinson Magnet School	Black	63.8%	436
Laurel Ledge School	White	70.8%	295
Lincoln Middle School	Hispanic	65.3%	662
Lincoln-Bassett School	Black	61.1%	229
Little Raiders University	Hispanic	42.4%	59
Live Oaks School	White	66.7%	276
Long Meadow Elementary School	White	78.8%	528
Long River Middle School	White	81.6%	434
Lyman Hall High School	White	69.5%	932
Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School	Hispanic	52.9%	595
Maple Hill School	White	47.7%	434
Margaret M. Generali Elementary School	Hispanic	57%	454
Mark T. Sheehan High School	White	65.2%	724
Mary G. Fritz Elementary School of Yalesville	White	73.6%	265
Mary L. Tracy School	White	77.9%	226
Mary R. Tisko School	White	81.2%	345
Mary T. Murphy School	White	49.9%	349
Mathewson School	White	61.3%	323
Mauro-Sheridan Magnet School	Black	50.8%	502
Mead School	Hispanic	48.8%	570
Meadowside School	White	47.6%	267
Melissa Jones School	White	84.2%	278
Memorial Middle School	White	79.2%	408
Metropolitan Business Academy	Hispanic	50.5%	400
Michael F. Wallace Middle School	Hispanic	60%	1,048
Middlebury Elementary School	White	78.1%	320
Momauguin School	Hispanic	51.6%	308
Montowese Elementary School	White	66%	303
Moses Y. Beach School	White	71.1%	329
Nathan Hale School	Hispanic	62.7%	504
Nathan Hale School	Hispanic	52%	504
Naugatuck High School	White	41.9%	1,272
New Haven Academy	Black	47.6%	330
North Branford High School	White	81.3%	439
North Branford Intermediate School	White	85.4%	355
North End Middle School	Hispanic	65.9%	734
North Haven High School	White	68.9%	957
North Haven Middle School	White	70%	750
Norton School	White	75.5%	428
Orange Avenue School	White	69.8%	414
Orchard Hills School	White	71.7%	361
Orville H. Platt High School	Hispanic	63.8%	1,184
Overbrook Early Learning Center	Hispanic	53.2%	171
Oxford High School	White	81.8%	500
Oxford Middle School	White	81%	378
Parker Farms School	White	58.1%	241
Peck Place School	White	69.7%	366
Platt Technical High School	Hispanic	44.5%	780
Pomperaug Elementary School	White	80.1%	422
Pomperaug Regional High School	White	79.5%	995
Pond Hill School	White	62.7%	268
Prendergast School	Hispanic	48.7%	600
Prospect Elementary School	White	84.1%	605
Pumpkin Delight School	White	63.7%	245
Quaker Farms School	White	79.9%	413
Race Brook School	White	67.9%	383
Reed School	Hispanic	68.9%	469
Regan School	Hispanic	67.6%	247
Ridge Hill School	Black	28%	307
Ridge Road Elementary School	White	64.4%	436
Roberto Clemente International Dual Language School	Hispanic	83.3%	216
Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy for Global Awareness	Hispanic	50.2%	406
Rochambeau Middle School	White	78.8%	387
Rock Hill School	White	66.7%	300
Roger Sherman School	Hispanic	65.9%	478
Ross/Woodward School	Hispanic	51.3%	569
Rotella Interdistrict Magnet School	Hispanic	48.2%	614
Salem School	Hispanic	43%	237
Savin Rock Community School	Hispanic	41.1%	484
Seth G. Haley School	White	38.4%	341
Seymour High School	White	64.5%	598
Seymour Middle School	White	62.1%	472
Shepherd Glen School	Black	39.4%	302
Sound School	White	43.2%	336
Sprague School	Hispanic	75.2%	395
Spring Glen School	White	59.9%	367
Thomas Hooker School	Hispanic	55.9%	338
Totoket Valley Elementary School	White	83.4%	337
Truman School	Hispanic	80.7%	462
Turkey Hill School	White	77.8%	306
Tyrrell Middle School	White	76%	505
W. F. Kaynor Technical High School	Hispanic	48.7%	785
Wakelee School	White	70.7%	372
Walsh School	Hispanic	69.1%	346
Walter C. Polson Middle School	White	84.2%	537
Washington Middle School	Hispanic	61.5%	556
Washington School	Hispanic	75.9%	295
Washington School	Hispanic	50.5%	295
Waterbury Arts Magnet School	Hispanic	43.8%	821
Waterbury Career Academy	Hispanic	52.7%	755
Wendell L. Cross School	Hispanic	54.7%	612
West Haven High School	Hispanic	43.2%	1,793
West Shore Middle School	White	54.2%	419
West Side Middle School	Hispanic	65.7%	799
West Woods School	White	33.8%	305
Western School	White	39.4%	269
Wexler/Grant Community School	Black	62.7%	217
Wilbur Cross High School	Hispanic	65.4%	1,721
Wilby High School	Hispanic	61%	1,178
Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School	Black	48.7%	550
Wolcott High School	White	72.7%	620
Woodland Regional High School	White	83.1%	590
Woodrow Wilson School	Hispanic	73.8%	432
Worthington Hooker School	White	34.1%	413