Enrollment
351
Elementary
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 378
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARTFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 090192000373
Parkville Community School
47 New Park Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106 · (860) 695-4720 · Capitol Planning Region
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL351 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Connecticut public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Connecticut public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
252 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 44%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CT Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
14.9%
CT avg 50.5%
Math
19.8%
CT avg 45.9%
What this means: On the CT Smarter Balanced, Connecticut's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Connecticut schools, those numbers are about 51 and 46.
Source: CT Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like Parkville Community School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkville Community School this school | 351 | 71.8% | N/A |
| Montessori Magnet at Batchelder School Hartford | 346 | 66.2% | N/A |
| Chamberlain Elementary School New Britain | 402 | 79.4% | N/A |
| Gaffney Elementary School New Britain | 438 | 71.7% | N/A |
| Vance Elementary School New Britain | 438 | 77.6% | N/A |
| Expeditionary Learning Academy at Moylan School Hartford | 342 | 79.5% | N/A |
Matched among Connecticut elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Parkville Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Connecticut | In Capitol Planning Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #444 of 522 | #122 of 141 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #488 of 519 | #130 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 351 | #337 of 613 | #96 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #81 of 558 | #22 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #338 of 560 | #105 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #121 of 594 | #26 of 163 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.6% | #34 of 378 | #13 of 101 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
351
-34 (-9%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 764
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 351 | 33 | 10.6:1 | 72% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 37 | 10.1:1 | 74% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 39 | 10.2:1 | 71% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 34 | 11.3:1 | 82% (314) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 33.5 | 14.5:1 | 82% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 537 | 31 | 17.3:1 | 83% (444) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 99% (513) |
| 2000-01 | 704 | 47 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 764 | 44 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkville Community School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (485 to 351); teachers down 1% (33.5 to 33).
About Parkville Community School
Families in Hartford, Connecticut, are served by Parkville Community School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 351 students.
Parkville Community School is in Hartford School District, a district with 15,754 students across 41 schools.
The student body at Parkville Community School is 70% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Black and 11% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 18%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 47, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 10.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Parkville Community School, which has 33. Elementary schools in Connecticut have an average ratio of 12.6:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 72%. That is higher than the 43% average for public schools in Capitol Planning Region.
Among Connecticut public elementary schools, Parkville Community School outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Census data for Capitol Planning Region show the median household earns about $93,394 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Parkville Community School, Capitol Planning Region has 286 public schools.
McDonough Middle School is about 0.6 miles from Parkville Community School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 385 students in 2020-21 to 351 in 2024-25.
This community page is for conversations about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Capitol Planning Region at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
977,290
Census ACS
Median income
$93,394
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
286
137,047 students
Quick facts
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- McDonough Middle School0.6 mi · 301
- Hartford Public High School0.7 mi · 698
- Breakthrough Magnet School South0.7 mi · 326
- Expeditionary Learning Academy at Moylan School0.9 mi · 342
- Webster Micro Society Magnet School0.9 mi · 626
- Burns Latino Studies Academy0.9 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About Parkville Community SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Parkville Community School?
Parkville Community School enrolls approximately 351 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Parkville Community School serve?
Parkville Community School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Parkville Community School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Parkville Community School is approximately 10.6:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Parkville Community School?
At Parkville Community School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 70% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Parkville Community School public or private?
Parkville Community School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hartford School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.