Betances STEM Magnet School

Located at 400 Wethersfield Avenue, in Hartford, Connecticut, Betances STEM Magnet School is a minimally staffed junior high that educates 206 students (grades 5 through 8), run under Hartford School District. Enrollment runs roughly 60% leaner than the state mean of about 521.

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

On the student-mix side, Betances STEM Magnet School shows that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 18% Black, 8% Asian, 8% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Capitol Planning Region (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Capitol Planning Region) logs that the typical household earns roughly $93,394 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Betances STEM Magnet School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

Nearest neighbor: Burr Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Betances STEM Magnet School operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 28%: 288 students in 2018 compared to 206 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 52% to 60%.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.