Education in Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Bridgeport Public Schools
Bridgeport Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States.The city's public school system has 30 elementary schools, three comprehensive high schools, two alternative programs and an interdistrict vocational aquaculture school...
, private and religious schools, a college and a university. Bridgeport
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
is home to the University of Bridgeport
University of Bridgeport
The University of Bridgeport is a private, independent, non-sectarian, coeducational university located on the Long Island Sound in the South End neighborhood of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The University is fully Accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges...
, Housatonic Community College
Housatonic Community College
Housatonic Community College is a two-year public college located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It is currently one of the twelve colleges in the Connecticut Community Colleges system...
, St. Vincent's College and the Yeshiva Gedola of Bridgeport
Yeshiva Gedola of Bridgeport
Yeshiva Gedola of Bridgeport is a Jewish study institution in Bridgeport, Connecticut based in the Agudas Achim Synagogue on Arlington Street.The Rosh HaYeshiva, Rabbi Simcha Bunim Berger, was born in Montreal, Canada and raised in Los Angeles, California...
. Gutchess College
Gutchess College (Connecticut)
Gutchess College was a business college in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It was founded as Brown's Business College in 1896 with a focus on typing, stenography, telegraphy and bookkeeping. It was later purchsed by Stephen D. Gutchess who in 1911 was operating the school with an annual enrollment of...
was a business school which went defunct circa 1920.
The city's public school system has 30 elementary schools, three comprehensive high schools, two alternative programs and an interdistrict vocational aquaculture school. The system has about 23,000 students, making the Bridgeport Public Schools the second largest school system in Connecticut. The school system employs a professional staff of more than 1,700.
The city has started a large school renovation and construction program, with plans for new schools and modernization of existing buildings.
High schools
- Bassick High SchoolBassick High School-History:In 1924, the Bassick Family home was demolished to begin construction for a school. The E & F Construction Company was awarded the contract after submitting a bid for $692,946. Architect E.G...
- Bridgeport International AcademyBridgeport International AcademyBridgeport International Academy is a private college preparatory school with an international faculty and student body. The school is located adjacent to the seaside campus of the University of Bridgeport. BIA has a well-rounded curriculum with the opportunity for students to take college...
- Central High SchoolCentral High School (Connecticut)Central High School is a high school in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut in the United States. It was originally founded in 1876 as Bridgeport High School.In 2003 the school held 2,217 students and 152 teachers...
, formerly Bridgeport High School - Warren Harding High SchoolWarren Harding High SchoolWarren Harding High School is a public high school in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The cornerstone of Warren Harding High School was laid on May 10, 1924 and the school opened on September 9, 1925...
Catholic schools
- Kolbe Cathedral High SchoolKolbe Cathedral High SchoolKolbe Cathedral High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport.-Background:...
: Bridgeport's sole Catholic high school
Bridgeport is also home to several Catholic primary schools. They are St. Ambrose, the largest of all the Catholic primary schools in Bridgeport, St. Raphaels, St. Augustine, and St. Peters.
Public elementary schools
- Barnum School
- Beardsley School
- Black Rock School
- Blackham School
- Bryant School
- Cesar A. Batalla School
- Classical Studies Academy
- Columbus School
- Cross School
- Curiale School
- Dunbar School
- Edison School
- Hall School
- Hallen School
- High Horizons Magnet School
- Hooker School
- Interdistrict Discovery Magnet School
- Geraldine W. Johnson School
- Jettie S. Tisdale School
- Longfellow School
- Madison School
- Luis Munoz Marin School
- Multicultural Magnet School
- Park City Academy
- Park City Magnet SchoolPark City Magnet SchoolPark City Magnet School is one of the three magnet schools located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It enrolls students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. The current principal is Alana Callahan....
- Reed School
- Roosevelt School
- Skane Center
- Waltersville School
- Wilbur Cross School
- Winthrop School