King Philip Middle School

King Philip Middle School is a well-populated middle school in West Hartford, Connecticut, part of West Hartford School District. The school educates 820 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 521 students each, so King Philip Middle School sits 57% bigger than that benchmark.

West Hartford School District comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 8,875 students; King Philip Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, King Philip Middle School reports that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 10% Black, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. The state averages about 11.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Capitol Planning Region's rate of about 43%.

Across the wider county, census data for Capitol Planning Region shows median household income runs about $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%. In all, Capitol Planning Region runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), of which King Philip Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Aiken School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

King Philip Middle School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. King Philip Middle School's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 933 (now 820). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 60% to 51%.

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