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Kennelly School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Kennelly School
Kennelly School operates as a well-populated K-5 school in Hartford, Connecticut, run under Hartford School District. Current enrollment sits at 628 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 66% above the state mean of about 378.
Hartford School District runs 41 schools in total, collectively educating 15,754 students. Kennelly School is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Kennelly School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 12% Black, 4% Asian, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Kennelly School higher than the state norm the norm. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 noticeably above typical.
In the area at large, census data for Capitol Planning Region shows the typical household earns roughly $93,394 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Capitol Planning Region runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), of which Kennelly School is one.
Environmental Sciences Magnet at Hooker School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The school occupies an inner-city site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Kennelly School's enrollment has increased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 534 (now 628).
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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