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The 24-Point Gap That Shrank to 14
Correction (July 23, 2026): An earlier version said Hartford's graduation rate sat 14.7 points below Bloomfield's. The two rates, 78.6% and 83.3%, differ by 4.7 points; the figure has been corrected.
White Students Fell Below 50% in 2020. The Gap Keeps Widening.
In 2011, nearly two out of three students in Connecticut's public schools were white. In 2020, the share crossed below 50% for the first time. Six years later, it stands at 44.7%, and the gap between ...
Four in Five CT Districts Never Recovered from COVID
Correction (April 18, 2026): An earlier version of this article described a 2024 enrollment "jump" of 18,643 students. That figure reflected a reporting artifact, not a real enrollment gain. The narra...
CREC Doubled While Hartford Emptied
Correction (July 26, 2026): The COVID-era figures in this article came from Connecticut's TOTAL enrollment row before it was reconciled to the EdSight October enrollment census, which undercounted 202...
Connecticut Lost 124,518 White Students in 15 Years
In 2010-11, three out of five students in Connecticut public schools were white. Fifteen years later, white students are a minority. The state lost 124,518 white students over that span, a 35.9% decli...