Marine Science Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut was the first

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, in the United States. It opened on September 1, 2011. In the academic year 2012–2013 there were 178 students enrolled in grades 9–11, of which 94 were male and 84 female. Approximately 93% were ethnically white, and 7%

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. In 2023 the school earned the

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and was ranked #1 in Connecticut by U.S. News & World Report.

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