Betances Learning Lab Magnet School

Betances Learning Lab Magnet School, a medium-sized elementary school in Hartford, Connecticut, run under Hartford School District, hosts 398 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.

Hartford School District comprises 41 schools with combined enrollment of 15,754 students; Betances Learning Lab Magnet School is among them.

Demographically, Betances Learning Lab Magnet School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 36% Asian, 17% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% White. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Betances Learning Lab Magnet School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 46% of students at Betances Learning Lab Magnet School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Capitol Planning Region indicate median household earnings sit near $93,394, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), Betances Learning Lab Magnet School is one campus in the mix.

Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: PK-8 Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Betances Learning Lab Magnet School.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Betances Learning Lab Magnet School's enrollment has climbed 4% since 2018, when it stood at 384 (now 398). Over the same period, the Asian share rose from 24% to 36%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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