Summary:
Great Oaks Charter School District contains just one school, Great Oaks Charter School, which serves students in grades 6 through 12 in Bridgeport, CT. This single-school district ranks 152 out of 153 Connecticut districts, placing it in the bottom 1st percentile statewide with a 0-star rating. The school enrolls 662 students, and because it is the only school in the district, all district-level statistics are identical to the school-level statistics.
Great Oaks Charter School significantly trails Connecticut state averages in every measured subject. The largest gap is in 11th-grade SAT English Language Arts, where only 18.7% of students are proficient compared to 55.3% statewide, a gap of 36.6 percentage points. In 8th-grade math, proficiency collapsed from 24.0% in 2024-2025 to just 8.2% in 2025-2026, while the state average improved slightly. ELA performance does improve with grade level, rising from 17.6% in 6th grade to 21.2% in 7th grade and 30.2% in 8th grade, but even the strongest grade remains about 20 points behind the state. Science proficiency also lags significantly, with 8th-grade at 23.7% and 11th-grade at 23.1% versus roughly 51% statewide.
Chronic absenteeism is a major concern at 26.2%, nearly 10 percentage points above the state rate of 16.4%, and with 82.18% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, economic disadvantage is widespread. The graduation rate of 77.4% means roughly 1 in 4 students does not graduate on time, compared to about 1 in 11 statewide. There are small signs of improvement: the district's percentile rank has risen from the 1st to 4th percentile since 2021-22, and 11th-grade science proficiency increased from 20.0% to 23.1%. However, the 8th-grade math collapse and persistent achievement gaps overshadow these modest gains, painting a picture of a school in urgent need of targeted academic and attendance interventions.
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