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There were 19,139 Black students enrolled in New Haven County in the 2023-24 school year, 1% less than the previous year, according to the according to the Connecticut State Department of Education.

Data showed that New Haven County welcomed 116,208 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 16.5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 230 schools in New Haven County, Amistad Academy recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 679 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. 

School Name	% of Black Students	Total Enrollment
Highville Charter School	83.9%	504
Booker T. Washington Academy	79.2%	384
King/Robinson Magnet School	63.8%	436
Wexler/Grant Community School	62.7%	217
Elm City College Preparatory School	62.6%	775
Lincoln-Bassett School	61.1%	229
Amistad Academy	60.4%	1,125
Davis Academy for Arts & Design Innovation	59.7%	489
Brennan Rogers School	55.4%	202
Beecher School	53.3%	473
Mauro-Sheridan Magnet School	50.8%	502
Augusta Lewis Troup School	50.6%	393
Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School	48.7%	550
James Hillhouse High School	48.5%	1,101
Celentano BioTech, Health and Medical Magnet School	48.3%	362
New Haven Academy	47.6%	330
Barack H. Obama Magnet University School	47.6%	313
Cooperative High School - Inter-District Magnet	44.7%	548
Edgewood School	43.5%	407
Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School	43.1%	334
Hill Regional Career High School	42.3%	638
High School In The Community	41.6%	279
Shepherd Glen School	39.4%	302
Church Street School	37.2%	290
Dunbar Hill School	36.5%	271
Hamden High School	36.2%	1,661
Barnard Environmental Magnet School	35.7%	501
East Rock Community Magnet School	35.7%	445
Helen Street School	35.3%	300
Conte/West Hills Magnet School	34.5%	553
Metropolitan Business Academy	34.2%	400
Brass City Charter School	33.9%	363
Eli Whitney Technical High School	33.2%	582
Common Ground High School	32.3%	223
Hamden Middle School	32.3%	814
Bishop Woods Architecture and Design Magnet School	31.8%	431
Ross/Woodward School	30.8%	569
Engineering - Science University Magnet School	30.7%	600
Wilby High School	28.9%	1,178
Worthington Hooker School	28.6%	413
Forest School	28.2%	439
Ridge Hill School	28%	307
F. J. Kingsbury School	27.4%	423
Waterbury Career Academy	27.3%	755
Elm City Montessori School	25.6%	305
Derby High School	25.1%	370
Michael F. Wallace Middle School	25.1%	1,048
West Haven High School	25%	1,793
Alma E. Pagels School	24%	363
Edith E. Mackrille School	23.8%	311
Duggan School	23.7%	410
Carrigan 5/6 Intermediate School	23.6%	878
Driggs School	23.5%	452
Margaret M. Generali Elementary School	23.3%	454
Crosby High School	23.1%	1,452
West Woods School	23%	305
Mead School	23%	570
North End Middle School	22.9%	734
Walsh School	22.8%	346
Savin Rock Community School	22.7%	484
Irving School	22.5%	329
Harry M. Bailey Middle School	22.5%	885
Bunker Hill School	22.5%	462
H. S. Chase School	22.4%	585
Reed School	22.2%	469
Benjamin Jepson Magnet School	22.1%	402
Ansonia Middle School	21.9%	571
John F. Kennedy High School	21.8%	1,391
Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy for Global Awareness	21.7%	406
Carrington School	21%	453
Hopeville School	20.8%	284
Wilbur Cross High School	20.6%	1,721
Woodrow Wilson School	20.6%	432
Ansonia High School	20.2%	593
Seth G. Haley School	20.2%	341
Wendell L. Cross School	19.9%	612
Derby Middle School	19.9%	282
West Side Middle School	19.5%	799
Prendergast School	19.2%	600
Waterbury Arts Magnet School	18.8%	821
Rotella Interdistrict Magnet School	18.1%	614
Bear Path School	17.9%	385
Bucks Hill School	17.7%	277
Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School	17.6%	595
Bradley School	17.3%	272
B. W. Tinker School	17.1%	578
Regan School	17%	247
ACES at Chase	16.6%	567
Washington School	16.6%	331
Gilmartin School	16.6%	482
Platt Technical High School	16.4%	780
Sprague School	16.2%	395
Hill Central Music Academy	15.3%	413
Nathan Hale School	14.5%	523
Spring Glen School	14.2%	367
Washington Middle School	13.8%	556
Western School	13.8%	269
Israel Putnam School	13.7%	482
Little Raiders University	13.6%	59
Orville H. Platt High School	13.3%	1,184
Naugatuck High School	13.3%	1,272
W. F. Kaynor Technical High School	13.2%	785
Cross Street Intermediate School	13%	331
Francis T. Maloney High School	12.7%	1,301
Washington School	12.5%	295
Edison Middle School	12.2%	777
Roger Sherman School	12.1%	478
Andrew Avenue School	12%	258
John Barry School	12%	451
Hop Brook Elementary School	11.9%	312
City Hill Middle School	11.8%	636
Sound School	11.6%	336
Salem School	11.4%	237
Emmett O'Brien Technical High School	11.3%	652
Maple Hill School	11.1%	434
Benjamin Franklin School	10.9%	350
Hillside Intermediate School	10.3%	272
John C. Daniels	10.3%	513
Roberto Clemente International Dual Language School	10.2%	216
Clinton Avenue School	10.2%	452
Casimir Pulaski School	10.2%	578
Chatfield-LoPresti School	10.1%	536
Nathan Hale School	10.1%	504
Lincoln Middle School	9.2%	662
Truman School	8.7%	462
Seymour Middle School	8.3%	472
Seymour High School	7.4%	598
Jonathan Law High School	7.4%	829
East Haven High School	6.9%	878
Ridge Road Elementary School	6.9%	436
John S. Martinez Sea and Sky STEM School	6.8%	483
Fair Haven School	6.6%	713
Orange Avenue School	6.5%	414
Thomas Hooker School	6.5%	338
H. C. Wilcox Technical High School	6.5%	738
Green Acres Elementary School	6.4%	422
Deer Run School	6.3%	221
North Haven Middle School	6.1%	750
Joseph Melillo Middle School	5.9%	475
Branford High School	5.7%	784
Montowese Elementary School	5.6%	303
Dominick H. Ferrara School	5.6%	178
Harborside Middle School	5.6%	396
Overbrook Early Learning Center	5.3%	171
East Shore Middle School	5.2%	366
North Haven High School	5%	957
Alcott School	4.9%	328
Bungay School	4.8%	480
Wolcott High School	4.8%	620
Orchard Hills School	4.7%	361
Race Brook School	4.4%	383
Long River Middle School	4.4%	434
Norton School	4.4%	428
Wakelee School	4.3%	372
Grove J. Tuttle School	4.3%	279
Mathewson School	4.3%	323
Prospect Elementary School	4.3%	605
Mary T. Murphy School	4.3%	349
Amity Regional High School	3.9%	1,364
Momauguin School	3.9%	308
Joseph A. Foran High School	3.8%	729
Dodd Middle School	3.7%	630
Laurel Ledge School	3.7%	295
Meadowside School	3.7%	267
Cheshire High School	3.6%	1,183
Carbone School/East Haven Academy	3.6%	357
Amity Middle School: Orange	3.6%	359
Calf Pen Meadow School	3.5%	260
Woodland Regional High School	3.4%	590
Oxford High School	3.4%	500
Pumpkin Delight School	3.3%	245
Lyman Hall High School	3.2%	932
Oxford Middle School	3.2%	378
Amity Middle School: Bethany	3.1%	352
Tyrrell Middle School	3%	505
Live Oaks School	2.9%	276
Long Meadow Elementary School	2.8%	528
Family Academy of Multilingual Exploration	2.8%	462
Memorial Middle School	2.7%	408
Chapman School	2.7%	369
Rochambeau Middle School	2.6%	387
Mark T. Sheehan High School	2.6%	724
North Branford High School	2.5%	439
Highland School	2.5%	866
Pomperaug Elementary School	2.4%	422
John B. Sliney School	2.3%	257
Evarts C. Stevens School	2.2%	315
Bethany Community School	2.2%	445
Cook Hill School	2.1%	374
Pomperaug Regional High School	2%	995
James H. Moran Middle School	1.9%	528
Clintonville Elementary School	1.8%	342
Guilford High School	1.6%	1,026
Daniel Hand High School	0.9%	776
Walter C. Polson Middle School	0%	537
Hanover School	0%	468
Beecher Road School	0%	882
J. F. Kennedy School	0%	318
Rock Hill School	0%	300
J. Milton Jeffrey Elementary School	0%	383
Dr. Robert H. Brown Intermediate School	0%	345
Kathleen H. Ryerson Elementary School	0%	323
Melissa Jones School	0%	278
Mary L. Tracy School	0%	226
Peck Place School	0%	366
A. Baldwin Middle School	0%	483
Turkey Hill School	0%	306
A. W. Cox School	0%	260
Calvin Leete School	0%	218
Guilford Lakes School	0%	348
E. C. Adams Middle School	0%	482
Pond Hill School	0%	268
Mary G. Fritz Elementary School of Yalesville	0%	265
Dag Hammarskjold Middle School	0%	564
Highland School	0%	315
Parker Farms School	0%	241
Moses Y. Beach School	0%	329
Middlebury Elementary School	0%	320
Gainfield Elementary School	0%	347
Quaker Farms School	0%	413
Great Oak Elementary School	0%	358
Totoket Valley Elementary School	0%	337
North Branford Intermediate School	0%	355
Jerome Harrison School	0%	396
Francis Walsh Intermediate School	0%	795
Mary R. Tisko School	0%	345
Darcey School	0%	145
Doolittle School	0%	525
West Shore Middle School	0%	419
Frisbie School	0%	271