Chamberlain Elementary School

Chamberlain Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in New Britain, Connecticut, one of the schools within New Britain School District. The school serves 402 students in grades K through 5.

Within New Britain School District, which oversees 14 schools and 9,012 students, Chamberlain Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Chamberlain Elementary School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Black, 10% White, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Capitol Planning Region (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Capitol Planning Region shows 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%. Chamberlain Elementary School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

House of Arts Letters and Science (HALS) Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Chamberlain Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 492 (now 402). Over the same period, the White share declined from 15% to 10%.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.