Joseph O. Goodwin School

Joseph O. Goodwin School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in East Hartford, Connecticut, part of East Hartford School District. The school serves 334 students in grades K through 5.

East Hartford School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 5,931 students. Joseph O. Goodwin School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Joseph O. Goodwin School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 30% Black, 13% White, 9% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the income-and-resources front, Joseph O. Goodwin School logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Capitol Planning Region (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Around the school, census data for Capitol Planning Region shows median household income runs about $93,394, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Joseph O. Goodwin School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

The closest other public school is Dr. Thomas S. O'Connell School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Joseph O. Goodwin School.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 364 students in 2018 compared to 334 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 20% to 13%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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