Riverside Magnet School at Goodwin University

Set in East Hartford, Connecticut, Riverside Magnet School at Goodwin University is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, run under Goodwin University Educational Services (GUES). It serves 481 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 27% larger than the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 378 students.

Riverside Magnet School at Goodwin University is one of 2 schools operated by Goodwin University Educational Services (GUES), a district that works with 1,223 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Riverside Magnet School at Goodwin University reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 32% Black, 12% White, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 57% of students at Riverside Magnet School at Goodwin University qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Capitol Planning Region reports that median household income runs about $93,394, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Riverside Magnet School at Goodwin University is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

Pathways Academy of Technology and Design is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Riverside Magnet School at Goodwin University.

Riverside Magnet School at Goodwin University operates from an inner-city location.

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