Great Path Academy at CT State Manchester

Great Path Academy at CT State Manchester, a modestly sized secondary school in Manchester, Connecticut, one of the schools within Hartford School District, teaches 336 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 57% smaller than the state mean of about 788.

Hartford School District comprises 41 schools with combined enrollment of 15,754 students; Great Path Academy at CT State Manchester is among them.

Demographically, Great Path Academy at CT State Manchester logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 33% Black, 10% White, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.3:1 average. Around 72% 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%.

In the area at large, Capitol Planning Region reports that the typical household earns roughly $93,394 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), Great Path Academy at CT State Manchester is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Verplanck School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Great Path Academy at CT State Manchester's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 320 (now 336). The White share of enrollment edged down from 24% to 10% over that span.

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