High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12

Central High School, Bridgeport, CT

CEP schoolCentral High School is a public high school in Bridgeport, part of Bridgeport School District. It enrolled 1,803 students in 2024-25, with 18.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 1,803
Teachers (FTE): 97.0
Students per teacher: 18.6
Grades: 9 to 12

This school's ratio is 4.0 higher than the district figure of 14.6. The Connecticut average across schools is 12.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.6

District14.6

Connecticut12.3

United States15.3

School details

Address: 1 Lincoln Blvd., Bridgeport, CT 06606
Phone: (203)576-7377
District: Bridgeport School District
County: Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
Level: High
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: City: Midsize
NCES school ID: 090045000056

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 1,387
Reduced-price lunch: 80
Free or reduced-price lunch: 1,46781.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Bridgeport School District

Warren Harding High School 1,324 students
Bassick High School 1,075 students
Information Technology & Software Engineering Magnet High Sc 386 students
Biotechnology Research & Zoological Studies Magnet High Scho 376 students
Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering and Physical Sciences Magne 324 students
Bridgeport Military Academy 321 students

High schools elsewhere in Bridgeport

Bullard-Havens Technical High School Connecticut Technical Education and Career System
Great Oaks Charter School Great Oaks Charter School District
The Bridge Academy The Bridge Academy District
Bridgeport Residential Center Judicial Centers
REGIONS secure Bridgeport Judicial Centers

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.