Charlene M. Russell-Tucker, Commissioner for the Connecticut State Department of Education | https://portal.ct.gov/
Charlene M. Russell-Tucker, Commissioner for the Connecticut State Department of Education | https://portal.ct.gov/
Of the 18,234 students attending the county's schools, 70.1% were white.
Hispanic students were the second-largest ethnic group in Middlesex County at the time, making up 14.7% of total enrollment.
In the previous school year, white students were also the most represented group in the county, comprising 72.2% of the student body.
Bielefield School had the most diverse student body in the county, including 30.8% white students, 28.7% Black students, 24.1% Hispanic students, and 11.4% multiracial students.
In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in the county dropped to 1.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beman Middle School | White | 40.1% | 985 |
| Bielefield School | White | 30.8% | 237 |
| Brownstone Intermediate School | White | 68.6% | 210 |
| Burr District Elementary School | White | 93.9% | 297 |
| Center School | White | 87.6% | 250 |
| Chester Elementary School | White | 87.9% | 207 |
| Coginchaug Regional High School | White | 84.1% | 359 |
| Cromwell High School | White | 66.3% | 523 |
| Cromwell Middle School | White | 70.9% | 471 |
| Daisy Ingraham School | White | 68.2% | 258 |
| Deep River Elementary School | White | 86.2% | 195 |
| East Haddam Elementary School | White | 90.1% | 354 |
| East Hampton High School | White | 87.4% | 507 |
| East Hampton Middle School | White | 85.5% | 427 |
| Edna C. Stevens School | White | 65.3% | 450 |
| Essex Elementary School | White | 87% | 299 |
| Farm Hill School | White | 38.4% | 276 |
| Frank Ward Strong School | White | 87.4% | 310 |
| Frederick Brewster School | White | 90.9% | 230 |
| Gildersleeve School | White | 69.9% | 269 |
| Haddam-Killingworth High School | White | 88% | 518 |
| Haddam-Killingworth Intermediate School | White | 91.4% | 280 |
| Haddam-Killingworth Middle School | White | 88.6% | 395 |
| Jared Eliot School | White | 67.3% | 431 |
| John Lyman School | White | 85.6% | 174 |
| John Winthrop Middle School | White | 86.1% | 223 |
| Kathleen E. Goodwin School | White | 76.1% | 380 |
| Killingworth Elementary School | White | 86.6% | 269 |
| Lawrence School | White | 46.1% | 321 |
| Lewin G. Joel Jr. School | White | 70.3% | 546 |
| MacDonough School | White | 30.1% | 226 |
| Memorial School | White | 85.8% | 542 |
| Middlefield Memorial School | White | 89.8% | 245 |
| Middletown High School | White | 41.8% | 1,220 |
| Moody School | White | 50% | 214 |
| Nathan Hale-Ray High School | White | 88.6% | 264 |
| Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School | White | 86.5% | 371 |
| Old Saybrook Middle School | White | 74.8% | 301 |
| Old Saybrook Senior High School | White | 80.6% | 345 |
| Portland High School | White | 75.1% | 305 |
| Portland Middle School | White | 70.1% | 211 |
| Snow School | White | 39% | 344 |
| Spencer School | White | 39.4% | 254 |
| The Morgan School | White | 70.9% | 477 |
| Valley Regional High School | White | 82% | 483 |
| Valley View School | White | 78.1% | 228 |
| Vinal Technical High School | White | 65.4% | 547 |
| Wesley School | White | 49.4% | 231 |
| Westbrook High School | White | 67.6% | 176 |
| Westbrook Middle School | White | 74.4% | 160 |
| Woodside Intermediate School | White | 66.3% | 439 |
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