District profile / Connecticut

Hartford School District

Hartford, Connecticut · Public school district · #4 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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16,434

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$22,349

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

14.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Hartford School District is a public school district based in Hartford, Connecticut, serving 16,434 students in 41 schools. By enrollment it ranks #4 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 97% of them. Its schools average 401 students each, fewer than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $22,349 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.3 students per teacher. We've matched 1 news story to the district.

How Hartford compares

HartfordConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$22,349

Connecticut median $21,960 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$11,424

Connecticut median $13,098 · 13% below · FY2020-21

Students per school401

Connecticut median 508 · 21% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.3

Connecticut median 11.5 · 24% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor498

Connecticut median 321 · 55% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$534.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 72%Local 16%

Measure	Hartford	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$22,349	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$11,424	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$532.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$534.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,151	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	3,307	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.3	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	498	321	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Connecticut median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

In the news

1 story matched

Budget & finance

State audit says Hartford School District has surplus of $2.5M in budget

NBC Connecticut · October 7, 2026

Peer districts in Connecticut

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Bridgeport School DistrictBridgeport	20,022	36	$18,420	14.6	#1
New Haven School DistrictNew Haven	18,817	37	$19,132	12.0	#2
Waterbury School DistrictWaterbury	18,776	29	$18,292	12.9	#3
Hartford School DistrictHartford · this district	16,434	41	$22,349	14.3	#4
Stamford School DistrictStamford	16,185	21	$21,940	12.2	#5

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Harlingen CISDHarlingen, TX	16,471	$11,487	14.2
Alvord UnifiedCorona, CA	16,466	$15,196	22.1
Compton UnifiedCompton, CA	16,436	$15,556	24.0
Carroll CountyCarrollton, GA	16,400	$11,181	15.2

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ct-hartford-school-district