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Bacon Academy School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
611 Norwich Ave.
Colchester, CT 06415
Phone
(860) 537-2378
District
COLCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
NEW LONDON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
696
Classroom Teachers
63

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Connecticut

7

(10 is best)

Better than 66.0% of all CT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Bacon Academy School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
57%
44%
66%
54%
47%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 175 25.1%
Grade 10 171 24.6%
Grade 11 177 25.4%
Grade 12 173 24.9%
Total 696 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 86.5% 87.7% 50.9%
Black 2.0% 1.5% 13.1%
Hispanic 8.2% 8.5% 30.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.3% 2.2% 5.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 24.6% 23.3% 38.9%
Free lunch eligible 19.4% 18.8% 33.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.2% 4.5% 5.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 15,552 3,626,205
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 312.6 747
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.7% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.3% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.3% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 32.0% 27.6%
65 OR OLDER 15.7% 17.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,097 1,409,807
Single Parent Households With Children 8.4% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.0% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 43.4% 41.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 30.8% 27.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.2% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.5% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.9% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.6% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.4% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 4.6% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,095 $27,818,500 53.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,729 $3,976,700 7.6%
Staff $513 $1,179,900 2.3%
General Administration $941 $2,164,300 4.2%
School Administration $1,266 $2,911,800 5.6%
Operation $1,758 $4,043,400 7.8%
Transportation $1,092 $2,511,600 4.8%
Other $440 $1,012,000 1.9%
Total Support $7,739 $17,799,700 34.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,794 $6,426,200 12.3%
Total Expenditures $22,628 $52,044,400 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,350 $6,289,354,313 52.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,560 $794,341,979 6.6%
Staff $747 $380,454,324 3.2%
General Administration $508 $258,766,138 2.1%
School Administration $1,202 $612,149,367 5.1%
Operation $1,796 $914,758,126 7.6%
Transportation $999 $508,915,593 4.2%
Other $727 $370,110,736 3.1%
Total Support $7,539 $3,839,485,142 31.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,782 $1,926,117,044 16.0%
Total Expenditures $23,671 $12,055,038,964 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%