Best High Schools in Connecticut for African American Students

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Every year, the Connecticut Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Connecticut test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the NGSS and SAT test scores by the Connecticut Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, August 27, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 24)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
090462000937	1	Trumbull High School	Public	9-12	72 Strobel Rd.	Trumbull	06611	Fairfield County	Trumbull School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 452-4555	2,155	146	14.7	18.6%	1,345 (62.4%)	155 (7.2%)	394 (18.3%)	207 (9.6%)	4 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	45 (2.1%)	$19,735							95.8%	89.7%	6.18%
090483001638	2	Waterbury Career Academy	Public	9-12	175 Birch Street	Waterbury	06704	New Haven County	Waterbury School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 574-8000	755	58	13	79.7%	100 (13.2%)	206 (27.3%)	398 (52.7%)	20 (2.6%)	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.0%)	$21,257							91.7%	27.6%	64.08%
090444000885	3	Bunnell High School	Public	9-12	1 Bulldog Boulevard	Stratford	06614	Fairfield County	Stratford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 385-4250	1,057	82	12.9	44.3%	314 (29.7%)	279 (26.4%)	406 (38.4%)	24 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (3.0%)	$20,288							87.5%		(n/a)%
090444000897	4	Stratford High School	Public	9-12	245 King Street	Stratford	06615	Fairfield County	Stratford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 385-4230	1,131	81	13.9	45.3%	304 (26.9%)	317 (28.0%)	449 (39.7%)	23 (2.0%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	28 (2.5%)	$20,170							83.3%		(n/a)%
090186000339	5	Hamden High School	Public	9-12	2040 Dixwell Ave.	Hamden	06514	New Haven County	Hamden School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 407-2040	1,661	124	13.3	46.1%	388 (23.4%)	601 (36.2%)	446 (26.9%)	113 (6.8%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	109 (6.6%)	$24,385							79.2%		(n/a)%
090495001041	6	West Haven High School	Public	9-12	1 McDonough Plaza	West Haven	06516	New Haven County	West Haven School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 937-4360	1,793	112	16	51.8%	419 (23.4%)	448 (25.0%)	774 (43.2%)	83 (4.6%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	60 (3.3%)	$17,211							75.0%	26.9%	48.10%
090432000867	7	Stamford High School	Public	9-12	55 Strawberry Hill Ave.	Stamford	06902	Fairfield County	Stamford School District	No	No	No	No	(203) 977-4223	2,121	161	13.1	51.3%	601 (28.3%)	396 (18.7%)	976 (46.0%)	91 (4.3%)	3 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	48 (2.3%)	$20,067							70.8%	44.8%	26.01%
090192001478	8	Classical Magnet School	Public, Magnet	6-12	85 Woodland Street	Hartford	06105	Hartford County	Hartford School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(860) 695-9100	472	38	12.3	78.0%	31 (6.6%)	187 (39.6%)	223 (47.2%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.1%)	$23,058							66.7%	22.8%	43.91%
090033000029	9	Bloomfield High School	Public	9-12	5 Huckleberry Ln.	Bloomfield	06002	Hartford County	Bloomfield School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 286-2630	509	50	10	58.9%	14 (2.8%)	411 (80.7%)	63 (12.4%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.6%)	$27,858							62.5%		(n/a)%
090279000558	10	High School In The Community	Public, Magnet	9-12	175 Water St.	New Haven	06511	New Haven County	New Haven School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(475) 220-6200	279	24	11.6	82.4%	23 (8.2%)	116 (41.6%)	135 (48.4%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$24,040							58.3%	15.2%	43.16%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SAT English Language Arts, SAT Math, NGSS Science test scores released by the Connecticut Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 27, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Connecticut Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Connecticut Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education.