Parkville Community School

Parkville Community School, a mid-tier elementary school in Hartford, Connecticut, one of the schools within Hartford School District, works with 351 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Hartford School District, which oversees 41 schools and 15,754 students, Parkville Community School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Parkville Community School reports that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 15% Black, 11% White. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at Parkville Community 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.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Capitol Planning Region indicate the typical household earns roughly $93,394 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Parkville Community School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

Nearest neighbor: McDonough Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parkville Community School has shrank 28%, going from 485 students in 2018 to 351 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 81% to 70% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Parkville Community School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.