Breakthrough Magnet School South

Breakthrough Magnet School South is one of the mid-tier primary schools in Hartford, Connecticut, overseen by Hartford School District, with 326 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 41 schools in Hartford School District (15,754 students total), Breakthrough Magnet School South accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Breakthrough Magnet School South shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 20% Black, 7% White, 6% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Capitol Planning Region's rate of about 43%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Capitol Planning Region) shows that the typical household earns roughly $93,394 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), Breakthrough Magnet School South is one campus in the mix.

A. I. Prince Technical High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Breakthrough Magnet School South operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Breakthrough Magnet School South's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 358 (now 326). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 49% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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