The school has an academic focus on teacher preparation and humanities, as well as a computer science track.

Bulkeley's original building was designed by the same architects as Weaver High School, Frank Irving Cooper and Edward T.

[7] Bulkeley opened in 1926 and was named after businessman and politician Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, who was Mayor of Hartford, a US Senator for the State of Connecticut, the 54th Governor, the first president of the National Baseball League, and for over forty years the president of the Aetna Life Insurance Company.

[14] As of June 2022, federal prosecutors are investigating corruption and mismanagement of the renovation finances.

[13] The case originally focused on decisions by Konstantinos Diamantis, formerly director of school construction financing.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont fired Diamantis in October 2021 when suspicions arose about corrupt spending.