Keeney School

Keeney School is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Manchester, Connecticut, one of the schools within Manchester School District, with 366 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 11 schools in Manchester School District (5,968 students total), Keeney School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Keeney School reports that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Black, 23% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Capitol Planning Region (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Zooming out to the county, Capitol Planning Region reports that median household income runs about $93,394, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Keeney School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

Nearest neighbor: Elisabeth M. Bennet Academy, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Keeney School.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Keeney School's enrollment has climbed 10% since 2018, when it stood at 332 (now 366). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 54% to 39%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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