Silver Lane School

Silver Lane School operates as a compact elementary school in East Hartford, Connecticut, one of the schools within East Hartford School District. Current enrollment sits at 203 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 46% smaller than the state mean of about 378.

Within East Hartford School District, which oversees 12 schools and 5,931 students, Silver Lane School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Silver Lane School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 42% Black, 5% 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 income-and-resources front, On paper, Silver Lane School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Capitol Planning Region's rate of about 43%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Capitol Planning Region put 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 Silver Lane School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Connecticut River Academy at Goodwin University, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Silver Lane School's enrollment has fell 31% since 2018, when it stood at 295 (now 203). The Black share of enrollment climbed from 34% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.