Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: PK-8 Campus

Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: PK-8 Campus, a moderately sized K-5 school in Hartford, Connecticut, part of Hartford School District, teaches 435 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Hartford School District runs 41 schools in total, collectively educating 15,754 students. Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: PK-8 Campus is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: PK-8 Campus shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school records 25% Black, 9% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. About 78% 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, Capitol Planning Region reports that 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%. Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: PK-8 Campus is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High School - Full Day is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: PK-8 Campus.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: PK-8 Campus's enrollment has fell 51% since 2018, when it stood at 884 (now 435). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 22% to 9% over that span.

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