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217
public (141 districts)
122
private (NCES PSS)
37,884
public grade‑12 students (seniors, latest year)

CT public HS enrollment trend

Across the 157,395 students enrolled in CT brick-and-mortar public high schools in 2021, the state contracted -1.0% by 2024 (155,833 students, -1,562 net). That's the demographic tide every individual school is fighting or riding.

Charter share of public HS enrollment (latest year): 1.4% (2,111 of 155,833 students). Virtual / nonclassroom-based schools excluded.

State context · NAEP 2024

How does CT compare nationally?

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only test given the same way to students in every state — making it the benchmark for state-to-state academic comparison. Below, this state's 8th-grade averages and where it sits on the 50-state distribution.

8th-grade math
280
+7 vs national avg (273)
8th-grade reading
268
+8 vs national avg (260)
national avg CT Math → Reading → 260 290 245 275

Each dot is one state's 2024 NAEP 8th-grade averages. CT is highlighted in gold. Dashed lines mark national averages — being upper-right of both = above national in both subjects. Source: NAEP State Snapshot Reports. NAEP doesn't produce per-school scores — this is state-level context.

Where the students are

Top 10 cities by public-HS enrollment

Bridgeport 12 HS 7,471
New Haven 12 HS 6,071
Waterbury 6 HS 6,046
Stamford 4 HS 5,478
Hartford 13 HS 5,162
Danbury 2 HS 4,333
Norwalk 4 HS 3,904
New Britain 3 HS 3,635
Meriden 3 HS 3,235
East Hartford 4 HS 2,842

School-size distribution

Public, classroom-based · grades 9–12, latest year

Fastest-growing high schools
public, classroom-based · grade 9–12 · 2021→2024
Academy of Computer Science and Engineering
Capitol Region Education Council
460→550 +19.6%
Griswold High School
Griswold School District
508→606 +19.3%
New London High School
New London School District
511→605 +18.4%
Warren Harding High School
Bridgeport School District
1,124→1,324 +17.8%
Ansonia High School
Ansonia School District
526→617 +17.3%
Great Oaks Charter School
Great Oaks Charter School District
335→387 +15.5%
Weaver High School
Hartford School District
625→721 +15.4%
Central High School
Bridgeport School District
1,575→1,803 +14.5%
Connecticut IB Academy
East Hartford School District
176→200 +13.6%
South Windsor High School
South Windsor School District
1,281→1,442 +12.6%
Fastest-shrinking high schools
public, classroom-based · grade 9–12 · 2021→2024
Science and Technology Magnet Pathway for High School Grades
New London School District
244→171 -29.9%
Achievement First Hartford Academy
Achievement First Hartford Academy District
325→234 -28.0%
Valley Regional High School
Regional School District 04
545→429 -21.3%
Westbrook High School
Westbrook School District
211→166 -21.3%
Somers High School
Somers School District
438→359 -18.0%
Bacon Academy
Colchester School District
696→572 -17.8%
Tourtellotte Memorial High School
Thompson School District
223→184 -17.5%
Lyme-Old Lyme High School
Regional School District 18
444→367 -17.3%
Capital Preparatory Magnet School
Hartford School District
191→162 -15.2%
Bolton High School
Bolton School District
249→212 -14.9%

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