Vance Elementary School

Set in New Britain, Connecticut, Vance Elementary School is a medium-sized primary school, overseen by New Britain School District. It works with 438 students across grades K through 5.

New Britain School District comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 9,012 students; Vance Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Vance Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 12% Black, 10% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Vance Elementary School reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Capitol Planning Region's rate of about 43%.

Around the school, census data for Capitol Planning Region shows 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%. Across Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), Vance Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Northend Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Vance Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Vance Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 478 (now 438). White enrollment moved from 20% to 10% across the same window.

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