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Achievement First Hartford Academy

Q: Is Achievement First Hartford Academy a good school?

Achievement First Hartford Academy ranks 343 rd of 493 Connecticut alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades K-12

343^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 493 Connecticut Alternative Schools

Better than 30% of Connecticut alternative schools

Summary

Achievement First Hartford Academy is a public charter school serving 961 students in grades K-12 in Hartford, Connecticut. The school has a diverse student population, with a high percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Achievement First Hartford Academy has consistently maintained high four-year graduation rates, ranging from 80.6% to 89.6% in recent years, which is a notable strength compared to the surrounding schools. However, the school has experienced fluctuations in chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.7% to 29.8%, which could be an area for improvement. Academically, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally lower than the state average, with only around 15-30% of students meeting or exceeding proficiency standards in Mathematics.

Compared to the nearby Jumoke Academy and Capital Preparatory Magnet School, Achievement First Hartford Academy generally performs better in terms of graduation rates and chronic absenteeism, but lags behind in academic proficiency across various subjects and grade levels. Addressing the factors behind high absenteeism and leveraging the school's socioeconomic context could be important strategies for the school to consider in order to enhance student outcomes.

907

Students ?

15.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,195

Per pupil spending ?

79.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

305 Greenfield Street
Hartford, CT 06112

(860) 695-6685

District: Achievement First Hartford Academy District

Racial breakdown:

African American:

76.1%

Hispanic:

20.1%

Two or more races:

1.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 7th percentile in 2022 → 15th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 8 percentile points since 2022

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Connecticut average (31% vs 48% meeting standards)

!Science scores 30 pts below the Connecticut average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school31%

District avg31%

Connecticut avg48%

Elementary school

343^rd of 493

Connecticut public elementary schools ?

Bottom 30%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

174^th of 252

Connecticut public middle schools ?

Bottom 31%▲ up 7 pts since 2015

From bottom 24% (2015) to bottom 31% (2025)

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★★★★★

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High school

120^th of 141

Connecticut public high schools ?

Bottom 15%▼ down 49 pts since 2015

From top 36% (2015) to bottom 15% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2025	24.9	343 of 493	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.2	354 of 497	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.3	347 of 491	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.3	361 of 490	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.8	422 of 538	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	59.0	234 of 522	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	57.0	245 of 532	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2017	47.9	272 of 519	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2016	27.5	374 of 518	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	31.4	397 of 551	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	55.1	321 of 557	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2012	51.3	359 of 564	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2011	38.6	415 of 565	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	31.6	464 of 579	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2025	65.4	3 of 18	83.3%	★★★★☆
2024	53.0	6 of 15	60.0%	★★★★☆
2023	67.7	4 of 16	75.0%	★★★★☆
2022	67.3	3 of 16	81.3%	★★★★☆
2021	69.7	7 of 41	82.9%	★★★★☆
2019	94.1	2 of 21	90.5%	★★★★★
2018	94.8	2 of 25	92.0%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2025	20.0	183 of 232	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.7	209 of 237	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.8	185 of 230	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.8	201 of 234	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.3	371 of 455	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	51.8	141 of 242	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.3	154 of 259	40.5%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	34.9	109 of 173	37.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	36.1	187 of 302	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	85.4	6 of 60	90.0%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2024	17.0	195 of 233	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.3	181 of 231	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.5	207 of 232	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.2	369 of 445	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	49.6	146 of 247	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.2	154 of 262	41.2%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	34.8	239 of 371	35.6%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2025	22.7	174 of 252	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.0	171 of 250	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.8	173 of 249	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.8	135 of 250	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	28.6	183 of 275	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	56.8	114 of 259	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.4	132 of 249	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2017	35.8	152 of 250	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2016	23.0	181 of 246	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.1	213 of 280	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	49.4	173 of 278	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2012	55.7	159 of 272	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2011	51.2	163 of 269	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2010	45.3	175 of 268	34.7%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2025	76.3	5 of 32	84.4%	★★★★☆
2024	61.7	10 of 33	69.7%	★★★★☆
2023	69.8	4 of 32	87.5%	★★★★★
2022	90.4	1 of 40	97.5%	★★★★★
2021	77.4	9 of 80	88.8%	★★★★☆
2019	98.0	1 of 38	97.4%	★★★★★
2018	94.6	3 of 31	90.3%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2025	17.6	127 of 164	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.6	129 of 160	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.7	160 of 235	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	47.2	102 of 169	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.6	107 of 160	33.1%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	35.5	92 of 146	37.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	44.2	114 of 218	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	84.9	10 of 104	90.4%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2025	12.5	136 of 162	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.6	139 of 157	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.8	116 of 169	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	22.8	172 of 224	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	43.5	102 of 167	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.7	105 of 164	36.0%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	47.5	123 of 244	49.6%	★★★☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2025	15.4	120 of 141	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	7.6	134 of 145	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.5	130 of 142	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.5	129 of 139	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	28.4	143 of 200	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	65.0	71 of 196	63.8%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2025	41.2	17 of 31	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	73.6	12 of 58	79.3%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	28.8	130 of 189	31.2%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	46.1	76 of 155	51.0%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Connecticut percentile	Rating
2021	48.5	87 of 175	50.3%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

African American (2025)83rd percentile+53 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2021)38th percentile+17 vs school

Hispanic (2021)37th percentile+15 vs school

Special Education (2021)36th percentile+14 vs school

Female (2025)21st percentile-9 vs school

Male (2024)16th percentile-12 vs school

Middle school

African American (2025)84th percentile+53 vs school

Special Education (2021)50th percentile+16 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2021)48th percentile+14 vs school

Hispanic (2021)37th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)23rd percentile-8 vs school

Male (2025)16th percentile-15 vs school

High school

Low Socio Economic Status (2021)51st percentile+22 vs school

Special Education (2021)50th percentile+22 vs school

African American (2025)45th percentile+30 vs school

Female (2021)31st percentile+3 vs school

By subject vs Connecticut (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts44%-7 vs state

Mathematics27%-19 vs state

Science20%-30 vs state

Math17%-14 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, October 3, 2011

My son is currently attending this school. I absolutely love this school they make the parents become involved in the kids schooling. This school also start their scholars off from Kindergarten instilling college into their minds. They are a school of structure and they are helping me to build my son into a productive member of society because he is receiving a quality education which will allow him to pursue a wonderful career in 2027. Because that is the year he will graduate a 4yr college... Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				NGSS Science (2025)		SAT English Language Arts (2025)	SAT Math (2025)	SBAC English Language Arts (2025)						SBAC Mathematics (2025)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	NGSS Science 5th Grade	NGSS Science 11th Grade	SAT English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT Math 11th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 4th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 3rd Grade	SBAC Mathematics 4th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 5th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 6th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 7th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 8th Grade	Total
Achievement First Hartford Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	305 Greenfield Street	Hartford	06112	Capitol Planning Region	Achievement First Hartford Academy District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(860) 695-6685	907	59	15.4	79.6%	6 (0.7%)	690 (76.1%)	182 (20.1%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.7%)								(n/a)	18.8	21.3	29.2	16.7	41.8	55.6	34.3			44.0	42.4	46.0	15.9	18.0	18.6	28.0	$18,195
Jumoke Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	999 Asylum Ave. Suite 200	Hartford	06105	Capitol Planning Region	Jumoke Academy District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(860) 527-0575	571	35	16.3	96.8%	0 (0.0%)	528 (92.5%)	39 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)								(n/a)						28.1		15.8	20.0		16.3		19.0				$20,204
Capital Preparatory Magnet School	Public, Magnet, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1304 Main Street	Hartford	06103	Capitol Planning Region	Hartford School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(860) 695-9800	580	34	17.0	80.0%	10 (1.7%)	348 (60.0%)	186 (32.1%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.7%)								(n/a)			34.4		56.4				16.7	16.2	87.2						$19,139

Frequently Asked Questions about Achievement First Hartford Academy

How many students attend Achievement First Hartford Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 907 students attended Achievement First Hartford Academy.

Is Achievement First Hartford Academy a good school?

Achievement First Hartford Academy ranks 343^rd of 493 Connecticut alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Achievement First Hartford Academy in?

Achievement First Hartford Academy District

What is the racial makeup of Achievement First Hartford Academy?

Students at Achievement First Hartford Academy are 76% African American, 20% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 1% American Indian.

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