Jumoke Academy

Jumoke Academy operates as a low-enrollment all-grades campus in Hartford, Connecticut, one of the schools within Jumoke Academy District. Current enrollment sits at 571 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 27% leaner than the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 786 students.

Jumoke Academy District is the operating authority for Jumoke Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Jumoke Academy lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (92%); the rest comes out to 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Jumoke Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Capitol Planning Region put 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%. Jumoke Academy is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

Nearest neighbor: West Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jumoke Academy.

Jumoke Academy operates from a downtown location. Jumoke Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Jumoke Academy's enrollment has declined 24% since 2018, when it stood at 753 (now 571). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.