Smith School

Located at 64 St. James St., in West Hartford, Connecticut, Smith School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves 342 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of West Hartford School District.

West Hartford School District comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 8,875 students; Smith School is among them.

On demographics, Smith School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 29% White, 13% Asian, 11% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Smith School lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Capitol Planning Region) reports that median household income runs about $93,394, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Smith School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

Nearest neighbor: Charter Oak International Academy, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Smith School's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 370 (now 342). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 31% to 39% over that span.

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