📍 100 Jewel Street, New Haven, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, 06511
Beecher School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in New Haven, South Central Connecticut Planning Region. The school has 480 pupils enrolled. It is part of the New Haven School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
Beecher School enrolls 480 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Black or African American, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 10% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 248 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 152 | 32% |
| White | 49 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 4.2% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
343 of the school's 480 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Beecher School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Beecher School is one of 37 schools in New Haven School District, based in New Haven, Connecticut. The district serves 18,817 students district-wide and employs 1,626 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 480 students, Beecher School is close to the district average of about 509 students per school.