Hart School

Hart School is a medium-sized elementary school based in Stamford, Connecticut. The student body numbers 566 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Connecticut) has about 378 students.

Besides Hart School, Stamford School District runs 20 other schools. The district enrolls 15,483 students.

At 60%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Hart School combined. The school is also 13% White, 12% Black, 10% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 21%. The chance that two students picked at random at Hart School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.

The school has about 12.8 students per teacher and 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Connecticut, the average ratio is about 12.6:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 57%. Public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region average 33%.

In the county around the school, Western Connecticut Planning Region, median household income is about $128,188, about 56% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. A total of 149 public schools operate in Western Connecticut Planning Region, serving about 90,520 students.

The closest public school, Cloonan School, is about 0.1 miles from Hart School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

NCES describes the area around Hart School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Enrollment has been fairly stable: 564 in 2020-21 and 566 in 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 11.8:1 to 12.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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