NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools CT

Best-Resourced Schools in West Haven, CT

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10 public K-12 schools in West Haven from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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10
Schools
6,359
Students
41.1/100
Avg Resource Index
11:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, West Haven has more public-school enrollment than 66% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. West Haven sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

7 of West Haven's 10 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

West Haven's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 51st percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 95th percentile. The 44-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 34%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
51st percentile
Teacher staffing
95th percentile

West Haven High School accounts for 28.5% of all West Haven public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means West Haven-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

West Haven school enrollment varies 5.7× across entities

West Haven school enrollment ranges from 320 students (lowest) to 1,813 students (highest), a spread of 1,493 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

West Haven student-teacher ratio is 11.0:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Edith E. Mackrille School 47
2. Engineering - Science University Magnet School 45
3. Seth G. Haley School 45
4. Carrigan 5/6 Intermediate School 43
5. Alma E. Pagels School 43
6. Savin Rock Community School 41
7. West Haven High School 38
8. Harry M. Bailey Middle School 37
9. Forest School 36
10. Washington School 36

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in West Haven

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Engineering - Science University Magnet School 76.3/100
  2. 2 Alma E. Pagels School 72.5/100
  3. 3 Seth G. Haley School 72.3/100
  4. 4 Edith E. Mackrille School 72.3/100
  5. 5 Carrigan 5/6 Intermediate School 72.0/100

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Which West Haven school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Edith E. Mackrille School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the West Haven schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in West Haven, CT? ▼

West Haven has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,359 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.