Public schools in Hartford, CT

Hartford has 44 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 10 high, 6 middle, 23 elementary, 5 other, enrolling 18,023 students. They are run by 5 districts and agencies; Hartford School District runs 39 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 5 districts and agencies that run Hartford's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in HartfordDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Hartford School District3916,774$26,329
Capitol Region Education Council28,942not reported
Achievement First Hartford Academy District11,041$15,484
Connecticut Technical Education and Career System111,183$28,755
Jumoke Academy1629$14,506

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

10 high schools in Hartford, 5,441 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy92515.973.2%Hartford
A. I. Prince Technical High School7259.160.4%Connecticut Technical Education and Career System
Weaver High School72120.982.8%Hartford
Hartford Public High School69810.177.1%Hartford
Bulkeley High School55213.179.7%Hartford
Sport and Medical Sciences Academy46315.479.9%Hartford
Classical Magnet School43813.373.7%Hartford
University High School of Science and Engineering40614.558.6%Hartford
Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High School - Full Day403not reported56.1%Capitol Region Education Council
Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: High School Campu11010.084.5%Hartford

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

6 middle schools in Hartford, 1,339 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
McDonough Middle School30112.079.4%Hartford
Milner Middle School26110.993.5%Hartford
Burr Middle School25914.481.5%Hartford
Betances STEM Magnet School20612.968.0%Hartford
M. L. King Jr. Middle School1849.980.4%Hartford
Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy12813.551.6%Hartford

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

23 elementary schools in Hartford, 8,958 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy65114.075.3%Hartford
Kennelly School62814.176.8%Hartford
Webster Micro Society Magnet School62614.563.4%Hartford
M. D. Fox School56215.272.2%Hartford
Environmental Sciences Magnet at Hooker School54716.669.1%Hartford
Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: PK-8 Campus43513.674.3%Hartford
Global Communications Academy41413.489.9%Hartford
Betances Learning Lab Magnet School39813.542.5%Hartford
Naylor/CCSU Leadership Academy37214.674.7%Hartford
Montessori Magnet School35814.953.4%Capitol Region Education Council
The other 13 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Montessori Magnet at Fisher School35325.257.2%Hartford
Parkville Community School35110.669.8%Hartford
STEM Magnet at Annie Fisher School34814.958.9%Hartford
Montessori Magnet at Batchelder School34625.861.3%Hartford
Expeditionary Learning Academy at Moylan School34212.276.3%Hartford
Breakthrough Magnet School South32613.662.3%Hartford
Sanchez School31115.681.4%Hartford
Wish Museum School29712.187.2%Hartford
West Middle School28910.583.4%Hartford
Breakthrough Magnet School North28912.064.7%Hartford
SAND School26612.788.3%Hartford
Burns Latino Studies Academy25112.680.1%Hartford
Rawson School1989.486.4%Hartford

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

5 other schools in Hartford, 2,285 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Achievement First Hartford Academy90715.472.8%Achievement First Hartford Academy District
Capital Preparatory Magnet School58017.174.0%Hartford
Jumoke Academy57116.396.8%Jumoke Academy
Hartford PreKindergarten Magnet School: North Campus11517.735.7%Hartford
Hartford PreKindergarten Magnet School: South Campus11214.925.0%Hartford

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Hartford's public schools compare with Connecticut's

The median Hartford school has 13.6 students per full-time teacher, more than the Connecticut median of 11.9. 98% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 37% across the state. Its median school enrolls 356 students (state 412).

Hartford against Connecticut, schools open in 2024-25 with students
HartfordConnecticut
Median students per teacher13.611.9
Median school size (students)356412
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)98%37%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)100%47%
Charter schools4.5%2.1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 44 Hartford schools and the 987 Connecticut schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Hartford

  1. Hartford School DistrictRuns 39 of Hartford's 44 public schools and spent $26,329 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$26,329
  2. Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy, the largest high school in Hartford925 students in 2024-25, 15.9 per teacher.925
  3. Compare Hartford School District with Capitol Region Education CouncilHartford's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in ConnecticutConnecticut's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Hartford addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Connecticut

  1. Bridgeport44 schools
  2. New Haven42 schools
  3. Waterbury32 schools
  4. Norwalk23 schools
  5. Stamford23 schools
  6. Danbury20 schools
  7. West Hartford17 schools
  8. East Hartford16 schools

Questions about schools in Hartford

  1. How many public schools are in Hartford, CT?
    44 public schools with an address in Hartford were open in 2024-25: 10 high, 6 middle, 23 elementary, 5 other, enrolling 18,023 students. 2 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Hartford?
    Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy, with 925 students in 2024-25 (Hartford School District).
  3. Which districts run Hartford's schools?
    Hartford School District (39 schools), Capitol Region Education Council (2 schools), Achievement First Hartford Academy District (1 school), Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (1 school), and 1 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .