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White students made up the largest ethnic group in New London County schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Connecticut State Department of Education.

Of the 35,083 students attending the county's schools, 57.5% were white.

Hispanic students were the second-largest ethnic group in New London County at the time, making up 22.7% of total enrollment.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most represented group in the county, comprising 59.1% of the student body.

Samuel Huntington School had the most diverse student body in the county, including 32.4% Hispanic students, 31.1% white students, 15.7% Black students, 13.4% multiracial students, and 7.4% Asian students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in the county dropped to 0.7% when compared to the previous year.

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.

School	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Students
Bacon Academy	White	78.1%	604
Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School	Hispanic	69.4%	330
C.B. Jennings International Elementary Magnet	Hispanic	68.3%	463
Catherine Kolnaski Magnet School	White	38.5%	369
Center School	White	87.9%	99
Charles Barnum Magnet School	White	51.2%	332
Clark Lane Middle School	White	73%	548
Colchester Elementary School	White	81.7%	606
Deans Mill School	White	87.2%	423
Dr. Charles E. Murphy School	White	68.4%	288
East Lyme High School	White	74.5%	927
East Lyme Middle School	White	70.1%	693
Ella T. Grasso Technical High School	White	41.2%	674
Fields Memorial School	White	76.6%	167
Flanders School	White	76.3%	266
Franklin Elementary School	White	77.5%	191
Gales Ferry School	White	75.6%	225
Gallup Hill School	White	66.8%	636
Great Neck Elementary School	White	73.1%	334
Griswold Elementary School	White	75.2%	665
Griswold High School	White	73.2%	578
Griswold Middle School	White	76.1%	506
Griswold Soule Street Academy	White	54.5%	11
Groton Middle School	White	46%	898
Integrated Day Charter School	White	43.4%	362
Interdistrict School For Arts And Communication	Hispanic	61.6%	279
Jack Jackter Intermediate School	White	83.1%	462
John B. Stanton School	Hispanic	39.3%	384
Juliet W. Long School	White	66.7%	255
Kelly STEAM Magnet Middle School	Hispanic	40%	548
Lebanon Elementary School	White	87.5%	367
Lebanon Middle School	White	86%	272
Ledyard High School	White	71.7%	746
Ledyard Middle School	White	68%	560
Leonard J. Tyl Middle School	White	57.2%	512
Lillie B. Haynes School	White	63%	349
Lisbon Central School	White	76.5%	434
Lyman Memorial High School	White	85.9%	340
Lyme Consolidated School	White	87.4%	215
Lyme-Old Lyme High School	White	82.7%	392
Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School	White	85.7%	272
Marine Science Magnet High School	White	65.3%	271
Mile Creek School	White	86.8%	311
Mohegan School	White	45.5%	299
Montville High School	White	59.4%	500
Moriarty Magnet School	Hispanic	39.5%	461
Mystic River Magnet School	White	43.1%	511
Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School	Hispanic	52.2%	471
New London High School	Hispanic	69.5%	593
New London Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Pathway	Hispanic	40.2%	234
Niantic Center School	White	78.4%	190
North Stonington Elementary School	White	89.9%	406
Northeast Academy Magnet School	White	66.1%	392
Norwich Free Academy	White	43.4%	2,001
Norwich Technical High School	White	62%	642
Oakdale School	White	70.4%	304
Oswegatchie Elementary School	White	72.6%	296
Preston Plains School	White	80%	130
Preston Veterans' Memorial School	White	81.2%	314
Quaker Hill Elementary School	White	63.9%	341
Regional Multicultural Magnet School	Hispanic	50.7%	495
Robert E. Fitch High School	White	43.1%	1,019
Salem Elementary School	White	81.5%	383
Samuel Huntington School	Hispanic	32.4%	299
Sayles School	White	64.4%	284
Science and Technology Magnet Pathway for High School Grades	Hispanic	38.8%	165
Science and Technology Magnet Pathway for Middle Grades	Hispanic	42.4%	99
Stonington High School	White	85.6%	556
Stonington Middle School	White	79.4%	394
Teachers' Memorial Global Studies Magnet Middle School	Hispanic	39.7%	486
Thames River Magnet School	White	44.1%	531
The Friendship School	Hispanic	41.4%	459
Thomas W. Mahan School	White	31.8%	255
Three Rivers Middle College Magnet School	White	53.1%	81
Uncas Elementary School	Hispanic	49.6%	242
Veterans' Memorial School	Hispanic	42.6%	291
Voluntown Elementary School	White	86%	235
Waterford High School	White	72.2%	713
Wequonnoc Magnet School	Hispanic	45.5%	220
West Vine Street School	White	80.7%	348
Wheeler High School	White	90.3%	330
William J. Johnston Middle School	White	82.3%	470
Winthrop STEM Elementary Magnet School	Hispanic	53.2%	479