East Hartford Works for Community

With affordable housing, great neighborhoods, strong schools and a central location, East Hartford is a thriving community with an exceptional quality of life.

The University of Connecticut Huskies football games attract an average of 38,000 fans to East Hartford each fall.
(Madison Square Garden & the University of Connecticut)

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The town is home to the Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy, a magnet school with a rigorous curriculum based on international standards. The Academy was recently honored by the U.S. Department of Education with a Blue Ribbon Award, which recognizes schools that make significant progress in closing the achievement gap between poor and minority students and their more advantaged peers, or whose students achieve at especially high levels. (East Hartford Board of Education)

Over the past three years, East Hartford High School students have received admittance into highly selective institutions of higher education, such as Brown University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, University of Notre dame, and Vanderbilt University. These institutions’ median SAT scores for incoming freshmen fall between the ranges of 1270 and 1580.
(East Hartford High Guidance Department)

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East Hartford has 28 public parks and recreation sites, totaling over 650 acres of green space, including the scenic Hockanum River Linear Trail, Martin Park, and Great River Park, with its boat and canoe launches on the Connecticut River. (East Hartford Parks & Recreation Department)

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Over 25,000 rounds of golf are played annually on the town's, 18-hole public golf course. (East Hartford Parks & Recreation Department)

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East Hartford has 21,265 existing units of housing stock, of which 55% are owner occupied. (2005 CERC Town Profile)

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