Weaver High School
Hartford · CT · Hartford School District · Public
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Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: High School Campu → University High School of Science and Engineering → Bulkeley High School → Watkinson School → New England Jewish Academy → Oak Hill School → Achievement First Hartford Academy → Gengras Center/Univ Of St Joseph →📋 At a glance
- 📚 5 AP courses offered — Moderate
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 47% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 58th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Weaver High School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCT students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: High School Campu, University High School of Science and Engineering, Bulkeley High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 47% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2158th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +4.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 721 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $31,353 per student in district revenue, the 194 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $6,082,482/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: High School Campu Hartford |
Public | 0.0 | 110 | -21.4% |
| University High School of Science and Engineering Hartford |
Public | 0.3 | 406 | -1.7% |
| Bulkeley High School Hartford |
Public | 0.3 | 552 | -10.4% |
| Watkinson School Hartford |
Private | 0.7 | 216 | -8.9% |
| New England Jewish Academy West Hartford |
Private | 0.7 | 107 | +109.8% |
| Oak Hill School Hartford |
Private | 0.8 | 116 | -4.1% |
| Achievement First Hartford Academy Hartford |
Public · charter | 1.3 | 234 | -28.0% |
| Gengras Center/Univ Of St Joseph West Hartford |
Private | 1.7 | 138 | -6.1% |