List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford

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This is a list of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford.

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High schools

High schools

Elementary schools

The following is a list of the currently functioning elementary and middle schools run by the Archdiocese of Hartford. The list is sortable: for example, to see the schools listed alphabetically by town, click on the box at the top of the "Town" column. All information was gathered from the records of the Archdiocese's Office of Catholic Schools. [1]

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NameTown
St. Aedan-St. Brendan School New Haven
Assumption School Ansonia
Assumption School Manchester
St. Bernadette School New Haven
St. Bernard School Enfield
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Day School Waterbury
St. Bridget School Cheshire
St. Bridget School Manchester
St. Christopher School East Hartford
Corpus Christi School Wethersfield
St. Dominic School Southington
Enfield Montessori School Enfield
St. Francis-St. Hedwig School Naugatuck
St. Francis-St. Rose of Lima School New Haven
St. Gabriel School Milford
St. Gabriel School Windsor
Holy Trinity Wallingford
St. James School Manchester
St. John the Evangelist School Watertown
St. Joseph School Bristol
St. Joseph School Meriden
St. Lawrence Elementary School West Haven
Little Angels Preschool Program Enfield
St. Martha School Enfield
St. Martin de Porres Academy New Haven
St. Mary School Branford
St. Mary School Milford
St. Mary School Newington
St. Mary School Simsbury
St. Mary School Waterbury
St. Mary Magdalen School Oakville (Watertown)
St. Mary-St. Michael School Derby
St. Matthew School Forestville (Bristol)
Our Lady of Mercy School Madison
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School Meriden
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School Waterbury
Our Lady of Victory School West Haven
St. Paul School Kensington (Berlin)
St. Peter-St. Francis School Torrington
SS. Peter and Paul School Waterbury
Pope John Paul II School New Britain
St. Rita School Hamden
Sacred Heart School New Britain
St. Stanislaus School Meriden
St. Stephen School Hamden
St. Thomas School Southington
St. Thomas the Apostle School West Hartford
St. Timothy Middle School West Hartford

Former schools

St. Gabriel's School in Milford opened in 1965; at the time clergy were the primary teachers. By the 2010s there were fewer clergy teachers, and lay teachers were more expensive; in addition fewer parishioners gave money to the church. By 2016 the school's budget was $111,709 in deficit. In 2008-2009 it had a peak enrollment of 219. In 2014 there was concern expressed about the school's survival expressed in the community, and in 2016 enrollment was down to 139, with 22 being in special education. The school directors chose to close the school in June 2016; the archdiocese did not order the closure. [2]

St. Anthony School in Bristol closed in 2016. [3]

St. Vincent de Paul School in East Haven closed in 2016. That year enrollment was 89. [2]

St. Anthony School was in Winsted, Winchester. It opened in 1865. [4] Circa 2008 it had about 200 students. By 2020 this figure declined to 90. [5] It closed in 2020. [6] At the time it was the oldest school continually operated by the archdiocese. [7]

Sts. Cyril and Methodius School in Hartford closed in 2014. St. Augustine School in Hartford closed in 2016 and merged into a partnership school St. Brigid-St. Augustine. [8] However, that partnership school closed in 2020. [9]

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