Montessori Magnet at Fisher School

Located at 280 Plainfield Street, in Hartford, Connecticut, Montessori Magnet at Fisher School is a medium-sized primary school that teaches 353 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within Hartford School District.

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

On the student-mix side, Montessori Magnet at Fisher School records that 52% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 21% Hispanic, 15% White, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Montessori Magnet at Fisher School lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Roughly 64% of students at Montessori Magnet at Fisher School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Capitol Planning Region (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Capitol Planning Region indicate 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 Montessori Magnet at Fisher School is one.

Nearest neighbor: STEM Magnet at Annie Fisher School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Montessori Magnet at Fisher School has climbed 3%, going from 343 students in 2018 to 353 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 27% to 15%. Class-load math has rose: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 25.2:1 in 2025.

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