Elisabeth M. Bennet Academy

Elisabeth M. Bennet Academy, a roomy junior high in Manchester, Connecticut, run under Manchester School District, works with 864 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 66% bigger than the state mean of about 521.

Manchester School District comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 5,968 students; Elisabeth M. Bennet Academy is among them.

On demographics, Elisabeth M. Bennet Academy logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 28% White, 24% Black, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Capitol Planning Region's rate of about 43%.

Zooming out to the county, 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%. In all, Capitol Planning Region runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), of which Elisabeth M. Bennet Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Martin School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Elisabeth M. Bennet Academy's enrollment has increased 119% since 2018, when it stood at 395 (now 864). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 36% to 28%. Class-load math has rose: from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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