Summary:
The East Haven School District in Connecticut is home to a single high school, East Haven High School, which serves grades 9-12. While the school has a relatively large student population of 878, its academic performance has been consistently below the state average, with the school ranking in the bottom half of Connecticut high schools in recent years.
East Haven High School's key metrics paint a picture of a struggling institution. Its four-year graduation rate of 88.4% in 2022-2023 is slightly below the state average, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% in 2023-2024 is higher than the state norm. Academically, the school's test scores in English Language Arts, Math, and Science all fall short of the state averages, with the biggest gap in Math proficiency (19.6% vs. 31.1% statewide in 2024-2025). Additionally, nearly half (49.32%) of the school's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.
Despite the higher-than-average spending per student ($17,889 in 2018-2019), East Haven High School has been unable to translate that investment into improved academic outcomes. The school's declining statewide ranking, from 71st out of 141 schools in 2024-2025 to 91st out of 142 schools in 2022-2023, suggests that the district and school leadership may need to re-evaluate their strategies and resource allocation to better support student success and close the performance gap with other high schools in Connecticut.
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