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What's one thing Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
651
Elementary
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 378
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARTFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 090192000360
Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy
215 South Street, Hartford, CT 06114 · (860) 695-2400 · Capitol Planning Region
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Connecticut public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Connecticut public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
509 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 44%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 31% smaller than its 8th grade class (83).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CT Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
13.4%
CT avg 50.5%
Math
13.6%
CT avg 45.9%
What this means: On the CT Smarter Balanced, Connecticut's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Connecticut schools, those numbers are about 51 and 46.
Source: CT Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy this school | 651 | 78.2% | N/A |
| Kennelly School Hartford | 628 | 79.8% | N/A |
| M. D. Fox School Hartford | 562 | 74.9% | N/A |
| John C. Daniels New Haven | 522 | 72.2% | N/A |
| Smalley Elementary School New Britain | 594 | 86.2% | N/A |
| Fair Haven School New Haven | 734 | 76.0% | N/A |
Matched among Connecticut elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Connecticut | In Capitol Planning Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #476 of 522 | #132 of 141 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #496 of 519 | #134 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #26 of 613 | #5 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #432 of 558 | #128 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.4% | #461 of 560 | #138 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.2% | #84 of 594 | #16 of 163 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #113 of 176 | #33 of 54 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
651
+85 (+15%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 409
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 651 | 46.5 | 14.0:1 | 78% (509) |
| 2023-24 | 643 | 45 | 14.3:1 | 82% (525) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 40 | 15.7:1 | 82% (514) |
| 2020-21 | 566 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 88% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 623 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 84% (521) |
| 2015-16 | 649 | 44 | 14.8:1 | 87% (565) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 39 | 8.7:1 | 99% (336) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 41 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 409 | 34 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (623 to 651); teachers up 16% (40 to 46.5).
About Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy
Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy is an elementary school with a street address in Hartford, Connecticut. It had 651 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 8. That compares with an average of about 378 students for elementary schools in Connecticut.
District-wide, Hartford School District has 41 schools and 15,754 students.
About 79% of the student body at Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 14% Black and 4% White. County-wide, 18% of Capitol Planning Region residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 35%.
The school's 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Connecticut is 12.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy, 78% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Capitol Planning Region report 43%.
Among Connecticut public elementary schools, Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
In the wider Capitol Planning Region area, the median household earns about $93,394 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy shares Capitol Planning Region with 285 other public schools.
The closest school to Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy is Naylor/CCSU Leadership Academy, located about 0.4 miles away. Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 15%.
Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Capitol Planning Region at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
977,290
Census ACS
Median income
$93,394
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
286
137,047 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hartford School District
- Hartford Magnet Trinity College AcademyHigh · 925 students
- Weaver High SchoolHigh · 721 students
- Hartford Public High SchoolHigh · 698 students
- Kennelly SchoolElementary · 628 students
- Webster Micro Society Magnet SchoolElementary · 626 students
- Capital Preparatory Magnet SchoolCombined · 580 students
Other schools in Hartford
- Hartford Magnet Trinity College AcademyHigh · 925 students
- Achievement First Hartford AcademyCombined · 907 students
- A. I. Prince Technical High SchoolHigh · 725 students
- Weaver High SchoolHigh · 721 students
- Hartford Public High SchoolHigh · 698 students
- Kennelly SchoolElementary · 628 students
Nearby schools
- Naylor/CCSU Leadership Academy0.4 mi · 372
- Kennelly School0.8 mi · 628
- Betances STEM Magnet School0.9 mi · 206
- Burr Middle School0.9 mi · 259
- M. D. Fox School0.9 mi · 562
- Discovery Academy1.0 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy?
Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy enrolls approximately 651 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy serve?
Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy is approximately 14.0:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy?
Student demographics at Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy are roughly 4% White, 79% Hispanic, 14% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy in?
Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy is part of Hartford School District.
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