Montessori Magnet School

Montessori Magnet School is a primary school of mid-tier scale in Hartford, Connecticut, run under Capitol Region Education Council, educateing 358 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Capitol Region Education Council comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 8,762 students; Montessori Magnet School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Montessori Magnet School shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 16% White, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at Montessori Magnet School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Capitol Planning Region shows 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%. Montessori Magnet School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Montessori Magnet School.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Montessori Magnet School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 350 (now 358). Hispanic enrollment moved from 55% to 66% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.