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West Haven School District

West Haven, Connecticut · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

5,950
Students enrolled
9
Public schools
494
Classroom teachers (FTE)
12.1:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 115
  • Kindergarten 389
  • Grade 1 415
  • Grade 2 427
  • Grade 3 458
  • Grade 4 429
  • Grade 5 389
  • Grade 6 445
  • Grade 7 447
  • Grade 8 455
  • Grade 9 485
  • Grade 10 473
  • Grade 11 517
  • Grade 12 506

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 42%
  • Black or African American 24%
  • White 23%
  • Asian 6%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • 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

57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,285 of 5,751 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 49%
  • Reduced-price lunch 8%

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

$22,165 spent per student on day-to-day operations Connecticut median: $24,991 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $16,276
  • Support services $4,942
  • Other (food service, etc.) $947

Where the money comes from

  • Local 33%
  • State 52%
  • Federal 15%

Total revenue $156.7 milliontotal spending $156.6 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)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

1,008

District office

355 Main Street, West Haven CT 06516

County

New Haven County

Official website

NCES District ID

904950

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About West Haven School District

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

The mission of the West Haven Public School District is to offer an educational program that will enable every student to achieve rigorous performance standards. The district recognizes the strength of diversity and promotes basic human values in an ever changing world.
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