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Washington Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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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
1225 North Broad St.
Meriden, CT 06450
Phone
(203) 235-6606
District
MERIDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
NEW HAVEN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
718
Classroom Teachers
53

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Connecticut

4

(10 is best)

Better than 33.6% of all CT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Washington Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
42%
35%
48%
25%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
40%
43%
46%
49%
33%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
34%
41%
43%
49%
26%
34%
    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
14
15
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 217 30.2%
Grade 7 237 33.0%
Grade 8 264 36.8%
Total 718 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 28.7% 24.0% 50.9%
Black 11.9% 11.5% 13.1%
Hispanic 57.7% 62.2% 30.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.7% 2.1% 5.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 77.9% 70.5% 38.9%
Free lunch eligible 63.2% 57.2% 33.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 14.6% 13.3% 5.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 60,790 3,626,205
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,518.8 747
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.2% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.0% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.1% 27.6%
65 OR OLDER 15.1% 17.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 25,191 1,409,807
Single Parent Households With Children 10.2% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.1% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 20.2% 41.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.3% 27.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.1% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.1% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.2% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.6% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.2% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 9.7% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,195 $85,406,655 53.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,496 $11,412,984 7.2%
Staff $100 $762,900 0.5%
General Administration $252 $1,922,508 1.2%
School Administration $974 $7,430,646 4.7%
Operation $1,800 $13,732,200 8.6%
Transportation $767 $5,851,443 3.7%
Other $693 $5,286,897 3.3%
Total Support $6,082 $46,399,578 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,572 $27,250,788 17.1%
Total Expenditures $20,850 $159,064,650 100.0%
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%