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Capitol Planning Region

Connecticut · Public K-12

Capitol Planning Region's school count of 286 reflects a public K-12 system serving about 137,047 students inside Connecticut, around 14% of the county population. That works out to 168 elementary, 53 middle, and 60 high schools.

4-year change in Capitol Planning Region

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Total enrollment
136,830
-589 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
School count
278
+6 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages

How Capitol Planning Region ranks

Among counties
MeasureThis countyIn ConnecticutIn the US
Enrollment
ranked largest first
137,047#1 of 9#64 of 2,745
Number of schools
ranked most first
279#1 of 9N/A
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.2:1#6 of 9#586 of 2,655
Free or reduced-price lunch share
ranked highest first
43.2%#5 of 9#1,955 of 2,526
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
69.9%#2 of 8#105 of 2,707
Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.

Capitol Planning Region school rankings

Largest schoolsAll rankings →
Residents
977,290
all ages · ACS 5-yr
Schools
286
47 districts
Enrollment
137,047
students · NCES CCD
Median income
$93,394
Below Connecticut avg
Free/reduced lunch
43.2%
Below Connecticut avg
Elementary
168
63,832 students
Middle
53
26,961 students
High
60
44,196 students
Combined / other
5
2,058 students
LARGEST DISTRICT
Hartford School District
15,754 students · 47 districts in Capitol Planning Region

County vs. school enrollment demographics

Left bar is the racial makeup of Capitol Planning Region residents (Census ACS 5-year). Right bar is the enrollment-weighted makeup of public schools in the county (NCES CCD). NCES systematically under-reports Hispanic, Pacific Islander, and Native American enrollment for many schools; where the resident share is meaningful but the reported school share is zero, we mark the school bar "not reported".

County residents
White
64%
Hispanic
18%
Black
13%
Asian
6%
Two or more
11%
Native American
0%
Pacific Islander
0%
School enrollment
White
43%
Hispanic
29%
Black
15%
Asian
8%
Two or more
5%
Native American
0%
Pacific Islander
0%
Bachelor's+
42.1%
adults 25+
Poverty rate
7.1%
ACS 5-year
Unemployment
5.2%
civilian labor
Median age
40
20.2% under 18

Test scores in Capitol Planning Region

Latest 2024-25 ELA proficiency, 203 schools ranked. Connecticut state average: 50.5%.

See all 203 schools in Capitol Planning Region ranked by score →

All schools (286)

LargestA-ZTop rated
NameCityLevelGradesEnrollmentRating
Waddell SchoolManchesterElementaryPK-04476·
Bolton Center SchoolBoltonElementaryPK-08473·
McAlister Intermediate SchoolSuffieldElementary03-05472·
Philip R. Smith SchoolSouth WindsorElementaryKG-05468·
Tolland Middle SchoolTollandMiddle06-08468·
Verplanck SchoolManchesterElementaryPK-04466·
Sport and Medical Sciences AcademyHartfordHigh06-12463·
Avon Middle SchoolAvonMiddle07-08461·
Buttonball Lane SchoolGlastonburyElementaryKG-05461·
Roaring Brook SchoolAvonElementaryPK-04461·
Smith Elementary SchoolNew BritainElementaryKG-05461·
Elmer Thienes-Mary Hall Elementary SchoolMarlboroughElementaryPK-06458·
Hebron Avenue SchoolGlastonburyElementaryKG-05458·
Hopewell SchoolSouth GlastonburyElementaryKG-04458·
East Farms SchoolFarmingtonElementaryKG-04457·
Glastonbury/East Hartford Magnet SchoolGlastonburyElementaryPK-05456·
A. Ward Spaulding SchoolSuffieldElementaryPK-02455·
Center SchoolEllingtonElementaryKG-06445·
Canton High SchoolCantonHigh09-12443·
Center Road SchoolVernonElementaryPK-05443·
R. E. Thalberg Elementary SchoolSouthingtonElementaryKG-05443·
Suffield Middle SchoolSuffieldMiddle06-08443·
Broad Brook Elementary SchoolEast WindsorElementaryPK-04441·
Naubuc SchoolGlastonburyElementaryKG-05441·
Horace W. Porter SchoolColumbiaElementaryPK-08440·
Classical Magnet SchoolHartfordHigh06-12438·
Gaffney Elementary SchoolNew BritainElementaryPK-05438·
Stafford Elementary SchoolStafford SpringsElementary01-05438·
Vance Elementary SchoolNew BritainElementaryKG-05438·
Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: PK-8 CampusHartfordElementaryPK-08435·
Emma Hart Willard SchoolBerlinElementaryPK-05434·
Highcrest SchoolWethersfieldElementaryPK-06429·
Cherry Brook Primary SchoolCantonElementaryPK-03426·
Global Communications AcademyHartfordElementaryKG-08414·
Holmes Elementary SchoolNew BritianElementaryKG-05414·
Mansfield Middle SchoolStorrsMiddle05-08414·
John F. Kennedy SchoolWindsorElementary03-05412·
Odyssey Community SchoolManchesterElementaryPK-08410·
Aiken SchoolWest HartfordElementaryPK-05408·
Emerson-Williams SchoolWethersfieldElementaryKG-06408·
Anna Reynolds SchoolNewingtonElementaryPK-04407·
University High School of Science and EngineeringHartfordHigh09-12406·
Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High School - Full DayHartfordHigh09-12403·
Chamberlain Elementary SchoolNew BritainElementaryKG-05402·
Myrtle H. Stevens SchoolRocky HillElementaryPK-03401·
Betances Learning Lab Magnet SchoolHartfordElementaryPK-04398·
North Street SchoolWindsor LocksElementaryPK-02396·
Coventry High SchoolCoventryHigh09-12395·
John Paterson SchoolNewingtonElementaryPK-04394·
Central SchoolSimsburyElementaryKG-06393·
Ellington Middle SchoolEllingtonMiddle07-08393·
West Hill SchoolRocky HillElementaryPK-03392·
Jefferson Elementary SchoolNew BritainElementaryKG-05389·
Granby Memorial Middle SchoolGranbyMiddle06-08387·
Wells Road Intermediate SchoolGranbyElementary03-05384·
Windsor Locks High SchoolWindsor LocksHigh09-12383·
Whiting Lane SchoolWest HartfordElementaryPK-05379·
Oliver Ellsworth SchoolWindsorElementaryPK-02378·
Bowers SchoolManchesterElementaryPK-05376·
Naylor/CCSU Leadership AcademyHartfordElementaryPK-05372·
George Hersey Robertson SchoolCoventryElementary03-05370·
Moser SchoolRocky HillElementary04-05369·
Tootin' Hills SchoolWest SimsburyElementaryKG-06368·
Keeney SchoolManchesterElementaryPK-04366·
Louis Toffolon SchoolPlainvilleElementaryPK-05365·
Hebron Elementary SchoolHebronElementary03-06364·
Capt. Nathan Hale SchoolCoventryMiddle06-08363·
Linden Street SchoolPlainvilleElementaryPK-05363·
Norfeldt SchoolWest HartfordElementaryKG-05362·
Coventry Grammar SchoolCoventryElementaryKG-02361·
Pathways Academy of Technology and DesignEast HartfordHigh09-12359·
Somers High SchoolSomersHigh09-12359·
Montessori Magnet SchoolHartfordElementaryPK-06358·
Stafford High SchoolStafford SpringsHigh09-12357·
West District SchoolUnionvilleElementaryKG-04357·
Wolcott SchoolWest HartfordElementaryKG-05354·
Kelly Lane Primary SchoolGranbyElementaryPK-02353·
Montessori Magnet at Fisher SchoolHartfordElementaryPK-08353·
RHAM Middle SchoolHebronMiddle07-08352·
Parkville Community SchoolHartfordElementaryPK-05351·
Prudence Crandall SchoolEnfieldElementary03-05351·
STEM Magnet at Annie Fisher SchoolHartfordElementaryKG-08348·
Braeburn SchoolWest HartfordElementaryKG-05347·
Eli Whitney SchoolEnfieldElementary03-05346·
Montessori Magnet at Batchelder SchoolHartfordElementaryPK-06346·
Governor William Pitkin SchoolEast HartfordElementaryKG-05345·
Robert J. O'Brien SchoolEast HartfordElementaryKG-05344·
Bugbee SchoolWest HartfordElementaryKG-05343·
Expeditionary Learning Academy at Moylan SchoolHartfordElementaryPK-05342·
Noah Wallace SchoolFarmingtonElementaryKG-04342·
Samuel B. Webb Elementary SchoolWethersfieldElementaryPK-06342·
Smith SchoolWest HartfordElementaryPK-05342·
Skinner Road SchoolVernonElementaryPK-05340·
Great Path Academy at CT State ManchesterManchesterHigh09-12336·
Mabelle B. Avery Middle SchoolSomersMiddle06-08335·
Joseph O. Goodwin SchoolEast HartfordElementaryKG-05334·
Sunset Ridge Middle SchoolEast HartfordMiddle06-08334·
Canton Intermediate SchoolCantonMiddle04-06333·
Webster Hill SchoolWest HartfordElementaryPK-05332·
Poquonock Elementary SchoolWindsorElementaryPK-02328·

Cities in Capitol Planning Region

Hartford47 schoolsEast Hartford17 schoolsWest Hartford17 schoolsManchester14 schoolsNew Britain14 schoolsBloomfield10 schoolsEnfield9 schoolsSouthington9 schoolsWethersfield9 schoolsGlastonbury7 schoolsNewington7 schoolsSouth Windsor7 schoolsWindsor7 schoolsAvon6 schoolsPlainville6 schoolsRocky Hill6 schoolsCoventry5 schoolsEllington5 schoolsFarmington5 schoolsVernon5 schoolsCanton4 schoolsEast Granby4 schoolsGranby4 schoolsHebron4 schoolsPlantsville4 schoolsSimsbury4 schoolsStafford Springs4 schoolsTolland4 schoolsWindsor Locks4 schoolsBerlin3 schoolsMansfield3 schoolsSomers3 schoolsSuffield3 schoolsBolton2 schoolsEast Windsor2 schoolsNew Britian2 schoolsRockville2 schoolsSouth Glastonbury2 schoolsStorrs2 schoolsUnionville2 schoolsWest Willington2 schoolsAndover1 schoolBroad Brook1 schoolColumbia1 schoolEast Berlin1 schoolKensington1 schoolMarlborough1 schoolTariffville1 schoolWeatogue1 schoolWest Simsbury1 schoolWest Suffield1 school

About Capitol Planning Region

Capitol Planning Region is a sprawling county of about 977,290 residents in Connecticut. Its public-school system serves approximately 137,047 students across 286 schools.

For perspective, census numbers show median household income runs near $93,394, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

For a sense of the school types, Capitol Planning Region is built around 168 elementary schools (63,832 students), 53 middle schools (26,961), 60 high schools (44,196), and 5 combined or other schools.

Hartford School District is the biggest district by enrollment, covering about 15,754 students across Capitol Planning Region.

Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment stayed largely flat: 137,419 students in SY 2020-21 versus 136,830 in SY 2024-25. Capitol Planning Region now counts 278 public schools, up from 272 in SY 2020-21.

In the discussion threads here, the community for Capitol Planning Region discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.

Frequently asked questions

How many K-12 schools serve Capitol Planning Region?
There are 286 public K-12 schools in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, with a combined enrollment of about 137,047.
How many high schools are in Capitol Planning Region?
Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut has 60 public high schools, serving approximately 44,196 students.
How many middle schools are in Capitol Planning Region?
Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut has 53 public middle schools, serving approximately 26,961 students.
How many elementary schools are in Capitol Planning Region?
Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut has 168 public elementary schools, serving approximately 63,832 students.
What is the largest school district in Capitol Planning Region?
Hartford School District is the largest school district in Capitol Planning Region, serving approximately 15,754 students. The county contains 47 school districts overall.
What is the population of Capitol Planning Region?
Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut has a population of approximately 977,290, with a median age of 40. About 20.2% of residents are under 18.
What is the median household income in Capitol Planning Region?
Median household income in Capitol Planning Region is $93,394, below the Connecticut average of $95,643. About 7.1% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
How educated are residents of Capitol Planning Region?
Approximately 42.1% of adults 25 and older in Capitol Planning Region hold a bachelor's degree or higher, according to the Census ACS 5-year estimate.
What share of students in Capitol Planning Region qualify for free or reduced lunch?
Roughly 43.2% of students in Capitol Planning Region public schools qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a common proxy for low-income enrollment. This is lower than the Connecticut county average of 43.8%.
What is the student-teacher ratio in Capitol Planning Region schools?
Across Capitol Planning Region public schools, the enrollment-weighted student-teacher ratio is approximately 12.8 to 1.
DATA · Census ACS 5-year · NCES Common Core of Data