Middle · Connecticut
Betances STEM Magnet School
Free meals for allBetances STEM Magnet School, a public middle school in Hartford, Connecticut: grades 5–8, 206 students, 12.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Hartford School District.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 206
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.0
- Students per teacher
- 12.9
- Grades
- 5–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 84% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 11.1 · 178 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 67% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 94% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 498 · 178 schools compared
Smaller than 85% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Connecticut's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Connecticut: 50%36%proficient
+7.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 84% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 57% · 177 middle schools compared
199 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Connecticut: 46%25%proficient
+7.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 80% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 50% · 178 middle schools compared
198 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 5–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize city
- Run by
- Hartford School District
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Hartford School District.
Location
- Address
- 400 Wethersfield Avenue, Hartford, CT 06114
- Phone
- (860)695-2970
- City or town
- Hartford
- County
- Capitol Planning Region
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burr Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 259 | 14.4 | 7.8% | 3.6% |
Academy of Computer Science and Engineering Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 669 | 11.7 | 31% | 17% |
McDonough Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 301 | 12.0 | 12% | 6.2% |
Silas Deane Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 7–8 | 546 | 12.1 | 59% | 44% |
Renzulli Gifted and Talented AcademyFree meals for all | 4–8 | 128 | 13.5 | 90% | 89% |
| 6–8 | 326 | 11.5 | 63% | 55% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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