Betances STEM Magnet School

Betances STEM Magnet School serves students in Hartford, Connecticut, as a very small middle school. It teaches 206 students in grades 5 through 8. Middle schools in Connecticut have about 521 students on average; enrollment here is 60% lower.

Hartford School District serves 15,754 students across 41 schools.

More than half of the students at Betances STEM Magnet School are Hispanic (60%). The rest of enrollment is 18% Black, 8% Asian, 8% White, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Capitol Planning Region's population at about 18%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Betances STEM Magnet School scores 59%.

There are 16 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.9:1. Across middle schools in Connecticut, the average ratio is 11.3:1. Of all students at Betances STEM Magnet School, 73% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 43% average for public schools in Capitol Planning Region is 30 points.

Among Connecticut public middle schools, Betances STEM Magnet School outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.

Capitol Planning Region is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $93,394 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Capitol Planning Region number 286, with about 137,047 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Burr Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 10% decline, from 229 to 206.

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