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Luis Munoz Marin School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
Summary

Luis Munoz Marin School is an elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, part of the Bridgeport School District. With 710 students, the school has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing elementary schools in the state, earning a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The school faces significant challenges, including very high chronic absenteeism rates, extremely low academic performance, and a student population with high socioeconomic needs. For example, in 2024-2025, only 8.7% of 6th-grade students are projected to be proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 50% statewide. The school's math and science proficiency rates are also dismal, with single-digit percentages of students meeting proficiency standards. Additionally, the school's performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic students and English Language Learners.

Interestingly, the nearby schools in the Bridgeport School District, such as Beardsley School, Edison School, Barnum School, and Waltersville School, also perform poorly compared to the state average, but generally outperform Luis Munoz Marin School. In contrast, the nearby magnet schools, such as High Horizons Magnet School and Multicultural Magnet School, demonstrate significantly higher academic performance, suggesting that the magnet school model may be more effective in supporting student achievement in this district.

709
Students ?
15.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$16,258
Per pupil spending ?
88%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 479 Helen St.
       Bridgeport, CT  06608

(203) 576-8202

District: Bridgeport School District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
79.3%
African American:
15.5%
White:
2.8%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2012 → <1st in 2024
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Connecticut average (10% vs 48% meeting standards)
!High chronic absenteeism (39% vs 17% Connecticut)
!Science scores 42 pts below the Connecticut average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school10%
District avg21%
Connecticut avg48%
247th of 252
Connecticut public middle schools ?
Bottom 2%▲ up 1 pts since 2015
See the entire ranking list of Connecticut Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
152nd of 156Bridgeport School District among Connecticut districts
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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
20242.7496 of 4970.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.4489 of 4910.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.2488 of 4900.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.9530 of 5381.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20191.4519 of 5220.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20181.1531 of 5320.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20171.6518 of 5190.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20153.7551 of 5510.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20131.7550 of 5571.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20120.7558 of 5641.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20112.8551 of 5652.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20101.3573 of 5791.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20093.9546 of 5663.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20081.0561 of 5650.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20072.5553 of 5682.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20064.4550 of 5703.5%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202125.129 of 3414.7%★☆☆☆☆
201926.68 of 911.1%★☆☆☆☆
201813.77 of 812.5%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
20222.5230 of 2341.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.0450 of 4551.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202110.4167 of 1733.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.6110 of 1121.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
20225.464 of 708.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.6297 of 3021.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
20213.9431 of 4453.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20181.0261 of 2620.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
20217.3364 of 3711.9%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
20254.9247 of 2522.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.8248 of 2490.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.5270 of 2751.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.3259 of 2590.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.2246 of 2491.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20154.7278 of 2800.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20131.8269 of 2783.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20121.9261 of 2724.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20115.5249 of 2697.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20103.7256 of 2684.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20096.9234 of 2558.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20082.6241 of 2524.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20073.3234 of 2506.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20067.6223 of 24810.1%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202210.624 of 267.7%★☆☆☆☆
202131.626 of 3423.5%★☆☆☆☆
201810.85 of 1668.8%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
20213.3234 of 2350.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20191.2166 of 1691.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202511.1102 of 1052.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.5146 of 1460.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.595 of 972.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.175 of 750.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
20216.6214 of 2181.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
20214.0222 of 2240.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.0163 of 1640.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
20215.1241 of 2441.2%☆☆☆☆☆
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
English Language Learner (2021)15th percentile+13 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2022)9th percentile+8 vs school
Hispanic (2021)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2021)3rd percentile~ school
Special Education (2021)2nd percentile~ school
Female (2022)2nd percentile~ school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2022)8th percentile
Hispanic (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2021)2nd percentile~ school
Special Education (2021)1st percentile~ school
Male (2021)1st percentile~ school
Female (2021)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Connecticut (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics11%-31 vs state
Science10%-42 vs state
English Language Arts10%-40 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, January 3, 2019

Open Quote Teachers in this school are bullys and go as far as not liking students it's your job to teach, and they take things personal which in turn they mistreat the children... Close Quote





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