Capital Preparatory Magnet School

Set in Hartford, Connecticut, Capital Preparatory Magnet School is a tight-knit K-12 campus, overseen by Hartford School District. It caters to 580 students across grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 26% below the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 786 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Capital Preparatory Magnet School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Capitol Planning Region indicate median household earnings sit near $93,394, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Capital Preparatory Magnet School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

Global Communications Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Capital Preparatory Magnet School's enrollment has ticked up 19% since 2018, when it stood at 489 (now 580). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 21% to 32%. Class-load math has grew: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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