Bulkeley High School

As a small senior high in Hartford, Connecticut, Bulkeley High School caters to 552 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Hartford School District. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 788 students each, so Bulkeley High School sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bulkeley High School logs that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 15% Black. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Bulkeley High School lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.3:1, putting Bulkeley High School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Capitol Planning Region (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Capitol Planning Region indicate the typical household earns roughly $93,394 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Capitol Planning Region runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), of which Bulkeley High School is one.

Weaver High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bulkeley High School.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bulkeley High School has edged down 13%, going from 631 students in 2018 to 552 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 61% to 80%.

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