Milner Middle School

Set in Hartford, Connecticut, Milner Middle School is a low-enrollment junior high, one of the schools within Hartford School District. It caters to 261 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 521 students each, so Milner Middle School sits 50% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 41 schools in Hartford School District (15,754 students total), Milner Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Milner Middle School logs that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 27% Black, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

In terms of school funding signals, Milner Middle School lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. The state averages about 11.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Capitol Planning Region) reports that the typical household earns roughly $93,394 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), Milner Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SAND School, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Milner Middle School has shrank 16%, going from 309 students in 2018 to 261 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 40% to 27% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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