Burns Latino Studies Academy

Burns Latino Studies Academy is one of the low-enrollment elementary schools in Hartford, Connecticut, one of the schools within Hartford School District, with 251 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% smaller than the state mean of about 378.

Hartford School District comprises 41 schools with combined enrollment of 15,754 students; Burns Latino Studies Academy is among them.

In terms of who attends, Burns Latino Studies Academy records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder comes out to 14% Black, 6% White. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Burns Latino Studies Academy records 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Capitol Planning Region reports that median household earnings sit near $93,394, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), Burns Latino Studies Academy is one campus in the mix.

Hartford PreKindergarten Magnet School: South Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Burns Latino Studies Academy's enrollment has fell 43% since 2018, when it stood at 439 (now 251). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 83% to 78%. Class-load math has grew: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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