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Amistad Academy

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades K-12

378^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 491 Connecticut Alternative Schools

Better than 23% of Connecticut alternative schools

Summary

Amistad Academy is a K-12 alternative school in New Haven, CT, serving 1,105 students as its own independent Amistad Academy District, where nearly 79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school operates as an independent charter-style school, and its closest comparisons include Elm City College Preparatory School, Highville Charter School, and two Bridgeport schools. One clear structural advantage stands out: the school has a student-teacher ratio of 10.8, roughly half that of Capital Preparatory Harbor School (21.2) and Achievement First Bridgeport Academy (23.1), meaning significantly more staff attention per student than nearby peers.

The school faces real academic challenges. Math proficiency is the greatest concern: 8th grade math proficiency was just 11.9% in 2025-26, compared to the state average of 41.9%, and 11th grade SAT math proficiency was only 13.0% versus 31.1% statewide. Reading scores are stronger but still below state averages across every grade, with 8th grade ELA at 41.7% versus 51.1% statewide. Science proficiency is also low in upper grades, particularly 11th grade at 15.4%. The graduation rate, once a bright spot at 95.5% in 2022-23, dropped to 83.1% in 2024-25 — below the state average of 91.2% and trailing peer schools like Capital Preparatory Harbor School (94.3%) and Achievement First Bridgeport Academy (91.5%).

There are encouraging signs as well. Chronic absenteeism has been cut nearly in half, from 49.4% in 2021-22 to 26.4% in 2025-26, though it still exceeds the state rate of 16.4%. In math, the school's proficiency is similar to nearby charter peers, and its ELA scores are stronger than Elm City College Preparatory School's in most grades. For parents, the big picture is a school that invests heavily in staffing and has made genuine attendance gains, but has not yet converted those advantages into consistently competitive test scores or graduation outcomes. The recent graduation-rate decline is the most urgent issue to watch, along with whether improved attendance eventually translates into stronger academic results.

1,105

Students ?

10.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,236

Per pupil spending ?

78.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

130 Edgewood Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511

(203) 772-7000

District: Amistad Academy District

Racial breakdown:

African American:

60.2%

Hispanic:

35.5%

Two or more races:

1.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 46th percentile in 2023 → 30th in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Connecticut average (29% vs 49% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)

!Graduation rate below the Connecticut average (83% vs 91%)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school29%

District avg29%

Connecticut avg49%

Elementary school

378^th of 491

Connecticut public elementary schools ?

Bottom 23%▼ down 28 pts since 2016

From top 49% (2016) to bottom 23% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

181^st of 258

Connecticut public middle schools ?

Bottom 30%▼ down 26 pts since 2016

From top 44% (2016) to bottom 30% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	18.9	378 of 491	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	22.5	359 of 493	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.9	379 of 497	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.3	391 of 491	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.7	372 of 490	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.4	428 of 538	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	45.4	286 of 522	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.9	290 of 532	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2017	41.3	305 of 519	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2016	51.2	254 of 518	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2015	38.9	366 of 551	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2013	51.2	338 of 557	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2012	58.9	312 of 564	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2011	54.8	335 of 565	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2010	50.5	367 of 579	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2009	37.8	429 of 566	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	42.7	399 of 565	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	53.2	346 of 568	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2006	52.9	349 of 570	38.8%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2025	55.3	7 of 18	61.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	44.7	10 of 15	33.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	36.9	12 of 16	25.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	52.1	7 of 16	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	45.7	19 of 41	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	88.1	3 of 21	85.7%	★★★★★
2018	83.0	4 of 25	84.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	8.8	201 of 225	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	14.5	196 of 232	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.8	212 of 237	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.8	208 of 230	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.8	206 of 234	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.6	379 of 455	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	51.4	142 of 242	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.8	174 of 259	32.8%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	42.5	62 of 129	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.2	53 of 111	52.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	52.6	39 of 108	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	72.1	14 of 99	85.9%	★★★★☆
2021	66.3	40 of 173	76.9%	★★★★☆
2019	97.5	1 of 112	99.1%	★★★★★
2018	82.0	9 of 101	91.1%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	33.1	195 of 302	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	73.7	13 of 60	78.3%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	8.5	212 of 232	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	11.3	213 of 239	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	6.9	221 of 233	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.6	212 of 231	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.5	215 of 232	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.7	379 of 445	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	41.5	156 of 247	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.6	165 of 262	37.0%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	32.4	250 of 371	32.6%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	23.9	181 of 258	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	32.3	152 of 252	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.5	151 of 250	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.8	135 of 249	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.7	144 of 250	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	24.9	194 of 275	29.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	57.5	110 of 259	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.6	119 of 249	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2017	57.1	109 of 250	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2016	55.5	109 of 246	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2015	51.7	137 of 280	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2013	66.3	122 of 278	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2012	67.5	118 of 272	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2011	64.0	135 of 269	49.8%	★★★☆☆
2010	70.4	102 of 268	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2009	61.3	135 of 255	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2008	66.7	109 of 252	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2007	66.0	112 of 250	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2006	63.7	112 of 248	54.8%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	60.8	10 of 34	70.6%	★★★★☆
2025	70.1	9 of 32	71.9%	★★★★☆
2024	56.1	14 of 33	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.6	11 of 32	65.6%	★★★★☆
2022	78.2	4 of 40	90.0%	★★★★★
2021	58.1	27 of 80	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	96.3	4 of 38	89.5%	★★★★★
2018	97.8	2 of 31	93.5%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	11.0	141 of 163	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.4	120 of 164	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.6	123 of 161	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.5	126 of 160	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.5	134 of 166	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.2	175 of 235	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	59.8	84 of 169	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	59.3	80 of 160	50.0%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2026	45.6	51 of 112	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	49.1	68 of 146	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	90.0	4 of 75	94.7%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2022	46.0	65 of 106	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	40.5	121 of 218	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	84.0	12 of 104	88.5%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2025	24.7	118 of 162	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.5	116 of 158	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.4	135 of 169	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.1	180 of 224	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	43.9	101 of 167	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.0	99 of 164	39.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	43.3	138 of 244	43.4%	★★☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2025	17.2	112 of 141	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.0	125 of 145	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.7	114 of 142	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.3	107 of 139	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.0	142 of 200	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	15.7	122 of 140	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	38.7	130 of 196	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2013	65.1	91 of 193	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2012	71.5	72 of 188	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2011	74.2	54 of 189	71.4%	★★★★☆
2010	62.7	97 of 186	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	68.6	63 of 176	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2008	82.7	6 of 176	96.6%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2024	24.5	50 of 63	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	60.9	57 of 155	63.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2024	7.2	95 of 100	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	66.7	60 of 175	65.7%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

African American (2025)61st percentile+34 vs school

Hispanic (2026)52nd percentile+29 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2021)35th percentile+15 vs school

Special Education (2021)33rd percentile+12 vs school

Female (2026)11th percentile-12 vs school

Male (2026)9th percentile-14 vs school

Middle school

African American (2026)71st percentile+41 vs school

Hispanic (2026)54th percentile+25 vs school

Special Education (2021)43rd percentile+14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2022)39th percentile-4 vs school

Male (2025)27th percentile-13 vs school

Female (2026)13th percentile-16 vs school

High school

Special Education (2021)66th percentile+37 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2021)63rd percentile+34 vs school

Hispanic (2024)21st percentile+7 vs school

Male (2024)5th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs Connecticut (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts34%-17 vs state

Science27%-24 vs state

Mathematics24%-22 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				NGSS Science (2026)			SAT Math (2026)	SBAC English Language Arts (2026)						SBAC Mathematics (2026)						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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	NGSS Science 5th Grade	NGSS Science 8th Grade	NGSS Science 11th Grade	SAT Math 11th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 4th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 3rd Grade	SBAC Mathematics 4th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 5th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 6th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 7th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 8th Grade	Total
Amistad Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	130 Edgewood Avenue	New Haven	06511	South Central Connecticut Planning Region	Amistad Academy District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(203) 772-7000	1,105	102	10.8	78.6%	10 (0.9%)	665 (60.2%)	392 (35.5%)	13 (1.2%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (1.9%)								(n/a)	36.3	25.0	15.4		20.2	35.2	34.1	38.8	36.8	41.7	29.2	24.4	23.1	35.3	22.3	11.9	$15,236
Highville Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1 Science Park	New Haven	06511	South Central Connecticut Planning Region	Highville Charter School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(203) 287-0528	499	39	12.7	70.7%	2 (0.4%)	411 (82.4%)	72 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.2%)								(n/a)					27.0					35.1				14.0			$13,457
Elm City College Preparatory School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	407 James Street	New Haven	06513	South Central Connecticut Planning Region	Elm City College Preparatory School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(203) 772-7010	760	39	19.4	78.2%	12 (1.6%)	454 (59.7%)	277 (36.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (2.1%)								(n/a)	17.9	25.0	17.6		21.5	27.7	25.4	22.2	34.4		40.6	35.4	9.0	11.1	27.9	20.8	$17,239
Achievement First Bridgeport Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	655 Stillman St.	Bridgeport	06608	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	Achievement First Bridgeport Academy District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(203) 338-0593	1,090	47	23.1	74.4%	22 (2.0%)	570 (52.3%)	473 (43.4%)	7 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.3%)								(n/a)			16.7	13.7	34.4	36.4	36.4	31.7	52.7	67.4	48.4	25.3	17.0	11.1	23.1	23.6	$15,289
Capital Preparatory Harbor School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	777 Main Street	Bridgeport	06604	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	Capital Preparatory Harbor School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(475) 422-5900	775	37	21.2	68.5%	4 (0.5%)	501 (64.6%)	262 (33.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)								(n/a)					21.9	30.6	40.4	33.9	50.8		20.3	28.6	14.0	16.1	22.0	18.2	$14,147

Frequently Asked Questions about Amistad Academy

What is the racial makeup of Amistad Academy?

Students at Amistad Academy are 60% African American, 35% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

How many students attend Amistad Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,105 students attended Amistad Academy.

What district is Amistad Academy in?

Amistad Academy District

Is Amistad Academy a good school?

Amistad Academy ranks in the bottom 23.0% of Connecticut alternative schools.

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