About Hartford School District
Hartford School District is a public school system serving Capitol Planning Region County, Connecticut, based in Hartford. It serves 16,434 students across 41 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: mid-size district. By enrollment it is the #4 largest of Connecticut’s 200 school systems.
Size and structure
Hartford School District enrolls 16,434 students in 41 schools — an average of about 401 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #4 of 200 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Hartford School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (16,434 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Hartford School District employs about 1,151 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.3:1 — above the Connecticut average of about 11.8:1. Total district staff is roughly 3,307.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Connecticut funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Hartford School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Connecticut rates schools and districts through its Next Generation Accountability System on EdSight, combining 12 indicators (achievement, academic growth, English-learner progress, chronic absenteeism, graduation and postsecondary readiness) into an overall index. Look up Hartford School District on the EdSight accountability portal.
Accreditation status
Connecticut public schools are overseen chiefly through the state’s own approval and accountability system; the main voluntary K–12 accreditor in the region is NEASC (the New England Association of Schools and Colleges). Search Hartford School District’s schools in the NEASC directory.
Hartford School District vs. Connecticut
See every Connecticut district side by side in the Connecticut directory.
Look up Hartford School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):