Education in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bridgeport High School, about 1910 (the school, in a different building, is now Central High School)

Education in Bridgeport, Connecticut includes Bridgeport Public Schools, private and religious schools, a college, and a university. Bridgeport is home to the University of Bridgeport, Housatonic Community College, St. Vincent's College^[1] and the Yeshiva Gedola of Bridgeport. Gutchess College was a business school which went defunct circa 1920.

The city's public school system has 30 elementary schools, three high schools, two alternative programs and an interdistrict vocational aquaculture school. The system has about 23,000 students, making the Bridgeport Public Schools the second largest school system in Connecticut. The school system employs a staff of more than 1,700.

The Bridgeport public school district is ranked #161 out of the 165 Connecticut school districts.^[2] The city has started a school renovation and construction program, with plans for new schools and modernization of existing buildings.

High schools

Bassick High School
Bridgeport International Academy
Central High School, formerly Bridgeport High School
Warren Harding High School

Catholic schools

Kolbe Cathedral High School: Bridgeport's sole Catholic high school

Bridgeport is also home to several Catholic primary schools. They are St. Ambrose, the largest of all the Catholic primary schools in Bridgeport, St. Raphaels, St. Augustine, and St. Peters.

Elementary – Middle schools

Barnum School
Beardsley School
Black Rock School
Blackham School
Bryant School
Bridgeport Hope School, Private K–8th
Cesar A. Batalla School
Classical Studies Academy
Columbus School
Cross School
Curiale School
Dunbar School
Edison School
Hall School
Hallen School
High Horizons Magnet School
Hooker School
Interdistrict Discovery Magnet School
Geraldine W. Johnson School
Jettie S. Tisdale School
Longfellow School
Madison School
Luis Munoz Marin School
Multicultural Magnet School
Park City Academy
Park City Magnet School
Reed School
Roosevelt School
Skane Center
Waltersville School
Wilbur Cross School
Winthrop School

Notes

↑ "St. Vincent's College; Bridgeport, Connecticut". Retrieved 2008-10-04.
↑ http://www.schooldigger.com/go/CT/districtrank.aspx

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