Regular local school district · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
Bridgeport School District, CT: schools, enrollment and spending
Bridgeport School District runs 36 public schools with 20,022 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.6 students per teacher is 2.3 higher than the Connecticut figure of 12.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 36
- Students
- 20,022
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,371
- Students per teacher
- 14.6
- CT: 12.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 45 Lyon Terrace, Bridgeport, CT 06604
- Phone
- (203)275-1037
- County
- Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0900450
- State district ID
- CT-0150011
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,864
- School counselors (FTE)
- 47.0About 426 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 86.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.6
Connecticut12.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (19,276), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $406.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $48.4 million
- State revenue
- $267.4 million
- Local revenue
- $90.9 million
- Total spending
- $408.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,190
- Salaries
- $171.4 million42.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $133.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 65.8%
- Local: 22.3%
Connecticut overall
- Federal: 5.3%
- State: 35.8%
- Local: 58.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,190
Connecticut$25,007
United States$16,826
Schools in Bridgeport School District
By level: 7 high, 29 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| A.B. Skane CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 183 | 11.4 |
| Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering and Physical Sciences MagneCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 324 | 11.6 |
| Barnum SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 588 | 13.4 |
| Bassick High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,075 | 17.1 |
| Beardsley SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 327 | 14.2 |
| Biotechnology Research & Zoological Studies Magnet High SchoCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 376 | 13.0 |
| Black Rock SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 439 | 15.1 |
| Blackham SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 1,088 | 17.5 |
| Bridgeport Military AcademyCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 321 | 14.6 |
| Bryant SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 317 | 12.2 |
| Central High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,803 | 18.6 |
| Cesar Batalla SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 990 | 15.2 |
| Classical Studies AcademyCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 351 | 14.0 |
| Columbus SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 546 | 13.7 |
| Edison SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 181 | 12.1 |
| Geraldine Claytor Magnet AcademyCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 450 | 15.5 |
| Geraldine Johnson SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 825 | 15.6 |
| Hall SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 162 | 10.1 |
| Hallen SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 280 | 16.5 |
| High Horizons Magnet SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 443 | 17.0 |
| Information Technology & Software Engineering Magnet High ScCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 386 | 12.9 |
| Interdistrict Discovery Magnet SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 492 | 14.5 |
| James J. Curiale SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 509 | 15.0 |
| Jettie S. Tisdale SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 547 | 11.9 |
| John Winthrop SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 607 | 12.6 |
| Luis Munoz Marin SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 709 | 15.4 |
| Madison SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 451 | 12.5 |
| Multicultural Magnet SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 436 | 15.6 |
| Park City Magnet SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 487 | 15.7 |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 391 | 16.3 |
| Read SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 863 | 18.0 |
| Roosevelt SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 493 | 14.5 |
| Thomas Hooker SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 288 | 11.1 |
| Waltersville SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 432 | 13.9 |
| Warren Harding High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,324 | 20.1 |
| Wilbur Cross SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 318 | 13.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
- Fairfield School District 9,139 students
- Trumbull School District 6,943 students
- Stratford School District 6,578 students
- Monroe School District 3,458 students
- Easton School District 894 students
- Redding School District 855 students
- Capital Preparatory Harbor School District 775 students
- Cooperative Educational Services 757 students
- Regional School District 09 712 students
- Great Oaks Charter School District 662 students
- Park City Prep Charter School District 434 students
- New Beginnings Inc Family Academy District 431 students
- The Bridge Academy District 281 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.