South School

Serves grades KG - 4

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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 2017 – 2018 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2016
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
8 Farm Rd.
New Canaan, CT 06840
Phone
(203) 594-4313
District
NEW CANAAN SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
FAIRFIELD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
519
Classroom Teachers
40

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Connecticut

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.9% of CT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

10

(10 is best)

South School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
93%
55%
93%
55%
92%
55%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
92%
54%
92%
55%
92%
53%
    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
13
12
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 75 14.5%
Grade 1 109 21.0%
Grade 2 110 21.2%
Grade 3 114 22.0%
Grade 4 111 21.4%
Total 519 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 84.9% 86.2% 54.4%
Black 0.4% 1.5% 13.1%
Hispanic 5.3% 4.9% 26.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 9.2% 7.2% 5.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED UNREPORTED 0.1% 40.8%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED 0.1% 33.9%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED 0.0% 6.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 20,273 3,565,287
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 901.5 734
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 26.6% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 19.4% 31.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 32.5% 28.4%
65 OR OLDER 15.9% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,084 1,370,746
Single Parent Households With Children 5.4% 9.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.8% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 79.3% 39.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 58.7% 22.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.6% 17.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 5.1% 12.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.0% 15.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.6% 13.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.7% 10.6%
$15,000 or less 2.4% 8.5%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,373 $56,714,893 47.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,248 $9,533,768 7.9%
Staff $857 $3,634,537 3.0%
General Administration $383 $1,624,303 1.3%
School Administration $1,235 $5,237,635 4.3%
Operation $2,217 $9,402,297 7.8%
Transportation $1,323 $5,610,843 4.7%
Other $675 $2,862,675 2.4%
Total Support $8,938 $37,906,058 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,132 $26,005,812 21.6%
Total Expenditures $28,443 $120,626,763 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,332 $5,961,289,892 54.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,233 $648,643,527 5.9%
Staff $602 $316,810,879 2.9%
General Administration $430 $226,056,312 2.1%
School Administration $1,125 $591,680,129 5.4%
Operation $1,639 $862,383,060 7.9%
Transportation $958 $503,840,238 4.6%
Other $502 $264,042,937 2.4%
Total Support $6,488 $3,413,423,714 31.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,018 $1,587,449,357 14.5%
Total Expenditures $20,838 $10,962,132,878 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,838 $346,122,956,267 50.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $679 $34,352,975,349 5.0%
Staff $546 $27,656,793,506 4.0%
General Administration $224 $11,359,077,651 1.7%
School Administration $657 $33,237,901,128 4.9%
Operation $1,054 $53,333,273,914 7.8%
Transportation $473 $23,948,272,674 3.5%
Other $420 $21,254,923,139 3.1%
Total Support $4,053 $205,142,872,671 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,612 $132,190,575,207 19.3%
Total Expenditures $13,503 $683,455,649,655 100.0%

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