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Weaver High School
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About Weaver High School
Weaver High School is one of the medium-sized secondary schools in Hartford, Connecticut, part of Hartford School District, with 721 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.
Hartford School District comprises 41 schools with combined enrollment of 15,754 students; Weaver High School is among them.
On demographics, Weaver High School lists that the largest single group is Black at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 46% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, Weaver High School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.3:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Capitol Planning Region indicate median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Capitol Planning Region runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), of which Weaver High School is one.
The closest other public school is Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: High School Campu, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Weaver High School.
Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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