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Bridgeport School District

Bridgeport, Connecticut · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

20,022
Students enrolled
36
Public schools
1,372
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.6:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 1,072
  • Kindergarten 1,343
  • Grade 1 1,509
  • Grade 2 1,551
  • Grade 3 1,538
  • Grade 4 1,395
  • Grade 5 1,455
  • Grade 6 1,470
  • Grade 7 1,433
  • Grade 8 1,484
  • Grade 9 1,906
  • Grade 10 1,387
  • Grade 11 1,287
  • Grade 12 1,192

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 61%
  • Black or African American 27%
  • White 8%
  • Two or more races 2%
  • Asian 2%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

87% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 17,309 of 19,802 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 84%
  • Reduced-price lunch 4%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$21,004 spent per student on day-to-day operations Connecticut median: $24,991 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $12,930
  • Support services $7,154
  • Other (food service, etc.) $919

Where the money comes from

  • Local 23%
  • State 57%
  • Federal 19%

Total revenue $519.0 milliontotal spending $517.2 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: Midsize

Total staff (FTE)

2,865

District office

45 Lyon Terrace, Bridgeport CT 06604

County

Fairfield County

Official website

NCES District ID

900450

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About Bridgeport School District

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The mission of the Bridgeport Public Schools and its supporting community is to graduate all students “college ready” and prepared to succeed in life.
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Public Schools in Bridgeport School District (42)

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