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. 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.The current superintendent is Aresta L. Johnson, Ed.D.Public high schools Bassick High School, home to the Business MagnetBridgeport Regional Aquaculture Science and Technology Education Center (BRASTEC) is located near historic Captain's Cove and is open to students from surrounding towns. It is one of the first schools in the country specializing in marine and aquaculture curriculum. Central High School established in 1876, home to Central Magnet, largest of the high schools Fairchild Wheeler Interdistrict Magnet Campus established in 2013, home to three magnet schools: Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering & Physical Science School, Biotechnology Research & Zoological Science School, and Information Technology & Software Engineering School Warren Harding High School which is home to the International Baccalaureate Program (IBO) as well as the Health Magnet Program in association with nearby Bridgeport Hospital plus St. Vincent’s Medical Center on the north side of Bridgeport and the Bridgeport Manor.
