Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 57.5% of New London County’s student body in 2023-24 school year

Charlene M. Russell-Tucker, Commissioner for the Connecticut State Department of Education - https://portal.ct.gov/
Charlene M. Russell-Tucker, Commissioner for the Connecticut State Department of Education - https://portal.ct.gov/
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There were 20,170 white students enrolled in New London County in the 2023-24 school year, 2.7% less than the previous year, according to the Connecticut State Department of Education.

Data showed that New London County welcomed 35,083 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 57.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 83 schools in New London County, Norwich Free Academy recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 869 students.

Student enrollment has been dropping in Connecticut’s public schools for over a decade now. With the exception of a slight relief in the 2021-22 school year, schools in the state have lost more than 30,000 students since 2014

Ethnicities in New London County in 2023-24 School Year
Enrollment Demographics in New London County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School Name % of white Students Total Enrollment
Wheeler High School 90.3% 330
North Stonington Elementary School 89.9% 406
Center School 87.9% 99
Lebanon Elementary School 87.5% 367
Lyme Consolidated School 87.4% 215
Deans Mill School 87.2% 423
Mile Creek School 86.8% 311
Lebanon Middle School 86% 272
Voluntown Elementary School 86% 235
Lyman Memorial High School 85.9% 340
Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School 85.7% 272
Stonington High School 85.6% 556
Jack Jackter Intermediate School 83.1% 462
Lyme-Old Lyme High School 82.7% 392
William J. Johnston Middle School 82.3% 470
Colchester Elementary School 81.7% 606
Salem Elementary School 81.5% 383
Preston Veterans’ Memorial School 81.2% 314
West Vine Street School 80.7% 348
Preston Plains School 80% 130
Stonington Middle School 79.4% 394
Niantic Center School 78.4% 190
Bacon Academy 78.1% 604
Franklin Elementary School 77.5% 191
Fields Memorial School 76.6% 167
Lisbon Central School 76.5% 434
Flanders School 76.3% 266
Griswold Middle School 76.1% 506
Gales Ferry School 75.6% 225
Griswold Elementary School 75.2% 665
East Lyme High School 74.5% 927
Griswold High School 73.2% 578
Great Neck Elementary School 73.1% 334
Clark Lane Middle School 73% 548
Oswegatchie Elementary School 72.6% 296
Waterford High School 72.2% 713
Ledyard High School 71.7% 746
Oakdale School 70.4% 304
East Lyme Middle School 70.1% 693
Dr. Charles E. Murphy School 68.4% 288
Ledyard Middle School 68% 560
Gallup Hill School 66.8% 636
Juliet W. Long School 66.7% 255
Northeast Academy Magnet School 66.1% 392
Marine Science Magnet High School 65.3% 271
Sayles School 64.4% 284
Quaker Hill Elementary School 63.9% 341
Lillie B. Haynes School 63% 349
Norwich Technical High School 62% 642
Montville High School 59.4% 500
Leonard J. Tyl Middle School 57.2% 512
Griswold Soule Street Academy 54.5% 11
Three Rivers Middle College Magnet School 53.1% 81
Charles Barnum Magnet School 51.2% 332
Groton Middle School 46% 898
Mohegan School 45.5% 299
Thames River Magnet School 44.1% 531
Norwich Free Academy 43.4% 2,001
Integrated Day Charter School 43.4% 362
Mystic River Magnet School 43.1% 511
Robert E. Fitch High School 43.1% 1,019
Ella T. Grasso Technical High School 41.2% 674
Catherine Kolnaski Magnet School 38.5% 369
The Friendship School 34.6% 459
Moriarty Magnet School 34.1% 461
Thomas W. Mahan School 31.8% 255
Samuel Huntington School 31.1% 299
Wequonnoc Magnet School 25.9% 220
Kelly STEAM Magnet Middle School 24.6% 548
John B. Stanton School 24.2% 384
Teachers’ Memorial Global Studies Magnet Middle School 23.5% 486
Regional Multicultural Magnet School 21.4% 495
Veterans’ Memorial School 19.9% 291
Science and Technology Magnet Pathway for High School Grades 18.8% 165
Science and Technology Magnet Pathway for Middle Grades 18.2% 99
New London Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Pathway 17.5% 234
Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School 16.8% 471
Winthrop STEM Elementary Magnet School 15% 479
Interdistrict School For Arts And Communication 12.9% 279
Uncas Elementary School 12.8% 242
C.B. Jennings International Elementary Magnet 6.9% 463
New London High School 6.1% 593
Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School 4.8% 330


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