Hartland School

Located at 30 South Rd., in East Hartland, Connecticut, Hartland School is an one-room-style elementary school that serves 121 students (grades pre-K through 8), part of Hartland School District. That puts it 68% smaller than the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 378 students.

Operationally, Hartland School answers to Hartland School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Hartland School logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, Hartland School lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Northwest Hills Planning Region (around 37%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Northwest Hills Planning Region shows the typical household earns roughly $93,551 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Northwest Hills Planning Region's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,539 students), Hartland School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wells Road Intermediate School, around 5.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 29%: 171 students in 2018 compared to 121 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 2% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 7.4:1 in 2025.

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