Multicultural Magnet School

700 Palisade Ave, Bridgeport, CT, 06610-3457

Tel: (203)576-7505

Grades: KG-8 | 458 students

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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS:

• Multicultural Magnet School serves 458 students in grades KG-8.
• The school's student:teacher ratio of 15:1 is higher than the CT state average of 13:1.
• Minority enrollment is 90% of the student body.
• Multicultural Magnet School is one of 32 public elementary schools within Bridgeport, and operates within the Bridgeport School District.

• The nearest elementary school is High Horizons Magnet School (0 miles away), the nearest middle school is Park City Prep Charter School (1.3 miles away), and the nearest high school is Bullard-havens Technical High School (0.1 miles away).

Source: 2011 NCES data, CT Dept. of Educ.	Multicultural Magnet School
Awards	Blue Ribbon School (2007)
Grades Offered	Grades KG-8
Total Students	458 students
% Male / % Female	45% / 55%
Total Classroom Teachers	31 teachers
Students by Grade
	This School	(CT) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	15:1	13:1
	This School	(CT) School Average
% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	5%	4%
% Hispanic	62%	19%
% Black	22%	13%
% White	10%	62%
Unknown	1%	2%
	This School	(CT) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch	95%	29%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch	3%	5%
School Statewide Performance	View Education Department Test Scores
School District Name	Bridgeport School District
	This School's Agency	(CT) District Average
Number of Schools Managed	39	4
Number of Students Managed	20,451 students	1,845 students
District Total Revenue	$388,955,000	$28,943,000
District Expenditure	$383,597,000	$28,390,000
District Revenue / Student	$19,019	$15,687
District Expenditure / Student	$18,757	$15,388

Nearby Schools:

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Multicultural Magnet School
Grades: KG-8 | 0 mi. away

High Horizons Magnet School
Grades: KG-8 | 0 mi. away

Bullard-havens Technical High School
Grades: 9-12 | 0.1 mi. away

Six-six Magnet School
Grades: PK-8 | 0.3 mi. away

Edison School
Grades: KG-6 | 0.5 mi. away

Harding High School
Grades: 9-12 | 0.7 mi. away

Multicultural Magnet School
Grades: KG-8 | 0 mi. away

Bullard-havens Technical High School
Grades: 9-12 | 0.1 mi. away

Harding High School
Grades: 9-12 | 0.7 mi. away

Park City Academy
Grades: 7-12 | 1.5 mi. away

The Bridge Academy
Grades: 7-12 | 1.5 mi. away

Stratford High School
Grades: 9-12 | 1.7 mi. away

Multicultural Magnet School
Grades: KG-8 | 0 mi. away

Park City Prep Charter School
Grades: 6-8 | 1.3 mi. away

David Wooster Middle School
Grades: 7-8 | 1.4 mi. away

Achievement First Bridgeport Academy
Grades: 5-8 | 1.6 mi. away

Columbus School
Grades: PK-9 | 2 mi. away

Bridgeport Learning Center
Grades: KG-12 | 2.4 mi. away

Multicultural Magnet School
Grades: KG-8 | 0 mi. away

High Horizons Magnet School
Grades: KG-8 | 0 mi. away

Six-six Magnet School
Grades: PK-8 | 0.3 mi. away

Edison School
Grades: KG-6 | 0.5 mi. away

Hall School
Grades: KG-6 | 0.8 mi. away

Luis Munoz Marin School
Grades: PK-8 | 0.8 mi. away

Multicultural Magnet School
Grades: KG-8 | 0 mi. away

St Ambrose School
Grades: K-9 | 0.6 mi. away

Cope School
Grades: 11-11 | 0.9 mi. away

St. Paul's Child Development Center
Grades: PK-K | 1 mi. away

Love Christian Academy
Grades: K-8 | 1.4 mi. away

Laurel School For Young Chldrn
Grades: PK-KG | 1.7 mi. away

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• November 17,2009 - This school is the best school in bridgeport, aside from the ones next to it. It's big, clean and very good at teaching the material. This school is the only school in Bridgeport that's advanced with the material. There's all kinds of extracurricular activities. In addition, the faculty they have is great, and on top of that the school is bilingual! What more must you need to know that that is the school your son/daughter should go too?*-Posted by Student/Alumni *

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