Dr. Franklin H. Mayberry School

As an intimate K-5 school in East Hartford, Connecticut, Dr. Franklin H. Mayberry School teaches 310 students from grades K through 5, overseen by East Hartford School District.

Dr. Franklin H. Mayberry School is one of 12 schools operated by East Hartford School District, a district that teaches 5,931 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Dr. Franklin H. Mayberry School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school records 25% Black, 6% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. An estimated 71% 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Capitol Planning Region reports that median household income runs about $93,394, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Dr. Franklin H. Mayberry School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

East Hartford Middle School 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 campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dr. Franklin H. Mayberry School has decreased 17%, going from 372 students in 2018 to 310 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 36% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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