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Bassick High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1181 Fairfield Ave.
Bridgeport, CT 06605
Phone
(203) 576-7350
District
BRIDGEPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
FAIRFIELD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
969
Classroom Teachers
62

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Connecticut

1

(10 is best)

Better than 0.7% of all CT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Bassick High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
0%
44%
No Data
50%
0%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
14
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 326 33.6%
Grade 10 277 28.6%
Grade 11 178 18.4%
Grade 12 188 19.4%
Total 969 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 6.3% 9.8% 50.9%
Black 35.6% 30.8% 13.1%
Hispanic 56.9% 56.6% 30.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 2.1% 5.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.8% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 68.8% 65.1% 38.9%
Free lunch eligible 63.3% 56.3% 33.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.6% 8.9% 5.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 148,529 3,626,205
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 9,219.1 747
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.7% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.8% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.5% 27.6%
65 OR OLDER 12.1% 17.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 52,914 1,409,807
Single Parent Households With Children 14.8% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 77.6% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 20.1% 41.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.7% 27.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.7% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.3% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.8% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.6% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.9% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 17.0% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,127 $202,610,889 53.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,050 $21,007,350 5.5%
Staff $324 $6,482,268 1.7%
General Administration $88 $1,760,616 0.5%
School Administration $996 $19,926,972 5.2%
Operation $1,598 $31,971,186 8.4%
Transportation $999 $19,986,993 5.2%
Other $829 $16,585,803 4.3%
Total Support $5,884 $117,721,188 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,113 $62,281,791 16.3%
Total Expenditures $19,124 $382,613,868 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,350 $6,289,354,313 52.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,560 $794,341,979 6.6%
Staff $747 $380,454,324 3.2%
General Administration $508 $258,766,138 2.1%
School Administration $1,202 $612,149,367 5.1%
Operation $1,796 $914,758,126 7.6%
Transportation $999 $508,915,593 4.2%
Other $727 $370,110,736 3.1%
Total Support $7,539 $3,839,485,142 31.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,782 $1,926,117,044 16.0%
Total Expenditures $23,671 $12,055,038,964 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%