High Schools in East Haven School District

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.

District Detail

35 Wheelbarrow Lane
East Haven, CT 06513

(203) 468-3261

SchoolDigger Rank:
139^th of 156 Connecticut districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 2,833

Primary Schools: 5
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NGSS Science (2025)	SAT English Language Arts (2025)	SAT Math (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NGSS Science 11th Grade	SAT English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT Math 11th Grade	Total
East Haven High School	Public	9-12	35 Wheelbarrow Ln.	East Haven	06513	South Central Connecticut Planning Region	East Haven School District	No	No	No	Yes	(203) 468-3254	879	73	12.0	54.2%	384 (43.7%)	69 (7.8%)	372 (42.3%)	23 (2.6%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.3%)	23 (2.6%)	37.9	71^st of 141 public high schools	49.6%		32.4	89^th of 145 public high schools	38.6%	18	52.2	43.1	19.6	$19,252

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
New Haven School District	1.93 mi	39	147^th
Branford School District	3.3 mi	5	81^st
West Haven School District	3.88 mi	9	119^th
Elm City College Preparatory School District	4.52 mi	1
Booker T. Washington Academy District	4.74 mi	1	131^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education.

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