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Narrow the federal record to the schools that match what you care about, then open any profile for the full picture. Filters run on NCES Common Core of Data; nothing leaves your browser beyond the search itself.

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How the School Finder works

Each filter maps directly to a field in the federal record, so a search is a precise query against the NCES Common Core of Data rather than an opinion ranking. Three things are worth knowing before you read the results:

Student-teacher ratio is enrollment divided by full-time-equivalent teachers, a staffing- intensity measure, not a direct count of students per classroom (it includes specialists and pull-out staff). The national median runs around 15 to 16 students per teacher, so a 12:1 filter surfaces the more generously staffed end of the distribution and a 25:1 filter is closer to the typical urban high school.
Free-lunch share is the proportion of students whose household income qualifies them for free meals, the standard proxy for economic need that federal Title I funding tracks; the national figure is near half of all public-school students, so a 75%-plus band isolates high-need campuses.
School type (charter, magnet, Title I) comes straight from the federal classification, not an editorial label.

The finder searches only schools that report staff data to NCES, so closed or stub listings are excluded, and it returns the largest matching schools first. A match is a starting point rather than a verdict: these figures describe the resources a school reports, not test scores or academic outcomes. Open any profile for the full context, and see our methodology for how every field is sourced, computed, and dated.

Top 100 of many matching schools

Many schools match. Showing the 100 largest. Add a state or tighter filters to narrow the list.

School	Level	Enrollment	S:T ratio	Free lunch
Danbury High School Danbury, CT	High	3,612	15.5:1	39.9%
Greenwich High School Greenwich, CT	High	2,620	12.5:1	15.3%
New Britain High School New Britain, CT	High	2,521	14.4:1	62.4%
Westhill High School Stamford, CT	High	2,224	11.8:1	39.4%
Trumbull High School Trumbull, CT	High	2,152	14.7:1	13.9%
Stamford High School Stamford, CT	High	2,102	11.5:1	42.6%
Norwich Free Academy Norwich, CT	High	2,020	11.7:1	45.1%
Southington High School Southington, CT	High	1,905	12.7:1	16.6%
West Haven High School West Haven, CT	High	1,813	15.2:1	44.5%
Central High School Bridgeport, CT	High	1,803	19:1	66.3%
East Hartford High School East Hartford, CT	High	1,776	13.2:1	53.1%
Wilbur Cross High School New Haven, CT	High	1,742	13.5:1	67.4%
Brien Mcmahon High School Norwalk, CT	High	1,739	14.6:1	38.3%
Glastonbury High School Glastonbury, CT	High	1,737	12.3:1	9.7%
Manchester High School Manchester, CT	High	1,703	9.6:1	44.1%
Staples High School Westport, CT	High	1,629	9.3:1	1.3%
Hamden High School Hamden, CT	High	1,609	12.8:1	31.5%
Norwalk High School Norwalk, CT	High	1,494	13.3:1	42.4%
Crosby High School Waterbury, CT	High	1,453	16.5:1	82.8%
South Windsor High School South Windsor, CT	High	1,442	12:1	12.1%
Enfield High School Enfield, CT	High	1,426	11.5:1	33.5%
Ridgefield High School Ridgefield, CT	High	1,411	11.5:1	5.4%
John F. Kennedy High School Waterbury, CT	High	1,391	15.5:1	77.6%
Darien High School Darien, CT	High	1,382	11.1:1	1.3%
Conard High School West Hartford, CT	High	1,380	12.8:1	22.4%
Fairfield Ludlowe High School Fairfield, CT	High	1,367	9.8:1	10.8%
Amity Regional High School Woodbridge, CT	High	1,347	10.6:1	10.4%
Hall High School West Hartford, CT	High	1,332	13.9:1	15.1%
Warren Harding High School Bridgeport, CT	High	1,324	17.7:1	77.4%
Fairfield Warde High School Fairfield, CT	High	1,308	10.3:1	19.2%
Shelton High School Shelton, CT	High	1,308	13.2:1	22.8%
Francis T. Maloney High School Meriden, CT	High	1,291	15:1	52.5%
Saxe Middle School New Canaan, CT	Elementary	1,271	11:1	–
Farmington High School Farmington, CT	High	1,261	11.1:1	12.3%
New Canaan High School New Canaan, CT	High	1,257	12:1	–
Newington High School Newington, CT	High	1,255	13.6:1	24.9%
Newtown High School Sandy Hook, CT	High	1,254	10.6:1	9.6%
Timothy Edwards School South Windsor, CT	Middle	1,221	10.5:1	12.4%
Cheshire High School Cheshire, CT	High	1,208	11.6:1	11.9%
Naugatuck High School Naugatuck, CT	High	1,202	13.2:1	44.3%
Wilton High School Wilton, CT	High	1,202	10.8:1	8.4%
Wilby High School Waterbury, CT	High	1,196	15.1:1	84.1%
Middletown High School Middletown, CT	High	1,193	11.1:1	38.5%
Orville H. Platt High School Meriden, CT	High	1,191	15.5:1	64.9%
Simsbury High School Simsbury, CT	High	1,187	11.9:1	11.3%
New Milford High School New Milford, CT	High	1,150	11.1:1	23.6%
Stratford High School Stratford, CT	High	1,150	12.8:1	35.9%
Bristol Central High School Bristol, CT	High	1,148	12.3:1	44.1%
Wethersfield High School Wethersfield, CT	High	1,146	13.3:1	18.4%
James Hillhouse High School New Haven, CT	High	1,124	14.8:1	73.2%
Amistad Academy New Haven, CT	Combined	1,105	9.9:1	70.5%
Bethel High School Bethel, CT	High	1,097	13.1:1	22.3%
Windsor High School Windsor, CT	High	1,095	9.3:1	31.7%
Achievement First Bridgeport Academy Bridgeport, CT	Combined	1,090	20.6:1	65%
Blackham School Bridgeport, CT	Combined	1,088	17.3:1	68.9%
Bassick High School Bridgeport, CT	High	1,075	16.3:1	83.3%
Broadview Middle School Danbury, CT	Middle	1,070	12.7:1	46.9%
Michael F. Wallace Middle School Waterbury, CT	Elementary	1,059	11.5:1	83.9%
Masuk High School Monroe, CT	High	1,044	12.6:1	4.3%
Middlesex Middle School Darien, CT	Middle	1,043	9.4:1	1.1%
Torrington High School Torrington, CT	High	1,034	11.9:1	47.7%
The Woodstock Academy Woodstock, CT	High	1,011	14.7:1	4.7%
E. O. Smith High School Storrs, CT	High	1,010	11.7:1	18.8%
Guilford High School Guilford, CT	High	1,008	11.6:1	8%
John F. Kennedy Middle School Enfield, CT	Middle	1,002	9.9:1	39.3%
Bristol Eastern High School Bristol, CT	High	998	10:1	37.6%
Rockville High School Vernon, CT	High	995	12:1	40.9%
Cesar Batalla School Bridgeport, CT	Combined	990	14.8:1	80.3%
Bunnell High School Stratford, CT	High	982	11.6:1	30%
Torrington Middle School Torrington, CT	Middle	981	12:1	50.7%
Beman Middle School Middletown, CT	Middle	977	11:1	41.2%
East Hartford Middle School East Hartford, CT	Middle	971	11:1	61.6%
Pomperaug Regional High School Southbury, CT	High	970	11:1	11.5%
Avon High School Avon, CT	High	946	11.1:1	8.5%
Meeting House Hill School New Fairfield, CT	Elementary	946	22.5:1	13.1%
North Haven High School North Haven, CT	High	944	11.2:1	18.2%
Robert E. Fitch High School Groton, CT	High	942	9.9:1	34%
Lyman Hall High School Wallingford, CT	High	936	9.8:1	27.4%
Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy Hartford, CT	Combined	925	11.3:1	72.4%
Greene-Hills School Bristol, CT	Combined	918	14.3:1	47.5%
Achievement First Hartford Academy Hartford, CT	Combined	907	10.5:1	42.4%
Highland School Cheshire, CT	Elementary	899	14.7:1	12.5%
East Lyme High School East Lyme, CT	High	890	9.8:1	15%
Rogers Park Middle School Danbury, CT	Middle	888	11.2:1	46.8%
Harry M. Bailey Middle School West Haven, CT	Middle	885	10.4:1	50.1%
Groton Middle School Groton, CT	Middle	884	11.5:1	36.6%
East Haven High School East Haven, CT	High	879	11.6:1	37%
Smith Middle School Glastonbury, CT	Middle	875	11.4:1	11.6%
Sedgwick Middle School West Hartford, CT	Middle	874	11.2:1	21.5%
Elisabeth M. Bennet Academy Manchester, CT	Elementary	864	9.5:1	48%
Read School Bridgeport, CT	Combined	863	16.3:1	74.9%
Beecher Road School Woodbridge, CT	Combined	862	12.1:1	11.6%
Madison Middle School Trumbull, CT	Middle	857	13.2:1	12%
Ana Grace Academy of the Arts Bloomfield, CT	Combined	855	23.1:1	60.8%
Middlebrook School Wilton, CT	Middle	852	9.9:1	5.4%
Brookfield High School Brookfield, CT	High	849	12.5:1	16%
West Side Middle School Waterbury, CT	Middle	848	10.2:1	80.8%
Hamden Middle School Hamden, CT	Middle	845	11.3:1	32.6%
Miller-Driscoll School Wilton, CT	Combined	845	14.1:1	4.3%
Pulaski Middle School New Britain, CT	Middle	839	12.9:1	72.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public School Universe (enrollment, staffing, free/reduced lunch) · 2024-25