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West School

Serves grades PK - 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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
769 Ponus Ridge
New Canaan, CT 06840
Phone
(203) 594-4410
District
NEW CANAAN SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
FAIRFIELD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
463
Classroom Teachers
36

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Connecticut

10

(10 is best)

Better than 98.7% of CT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

10

(10 is best)

West School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
82%
55%
82%
55%
82%
55%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
95%
54%
92%
55%
97%
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
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 44 9.5%
Kindergarten 79 17.1%
Grade 1 84 18.1%
Grade 2 79 17.1%
Grade 3 77 16.6%
Grade 4 100 21.6%
Total 463 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 88.0% 85.1% 52.2%
Black 0.7% 1.6% 13.1%
Hispanic 4.5% 5.6% 28.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.8% 7.5% 5.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED 41.3%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED UNREPORTED 35.1%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED UNREPORTED 6.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 20,249 3,605,597
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 900.4 743
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.3% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 25.9% 18.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 20.9% 31.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 32.2% 28.1%
65 OR OLDER 15.6% 17.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,855 1,385,303
Single Parent Households With Children 4.0% 9.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.2% 90.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 79.2% 40.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 62.0% 22.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.4% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 4.6% 12.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.2% 15.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.6% 13.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.6% 10.2%
$15,000 or less 1.6% 8.3%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $15,026 $62,448,056 57.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,337 $9,712,572 8.9%
Staff $712 $2,959,072 2.7%
General Administration $460 $1,911,760 1.7%
School Administration $1,310 $5,444,360 5.0%
Operation $2,481 $10,311,036 9.4%
Transportation $1,406 $5,843,336 5.3%
Other $1,303 $5,415,268 4.9%
Total Support $10,009 $41,597,404 38.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,311 $5,448,516 5.0%
Total Expenditures $26,346 $109,493,976 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,287 $6,248,864,124 51.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,513 $769,306,875 6.4%
Staff $744 $378,421,693 3.1%
General Administration $500 $254,182,405 2.1%
School Administration $1,224 $622,702,946 5.2%
Operation $1,833 $932,487,697 7.7%
Transportation $1,115 $567,223,599 4.7%
Other $823 $418,636,588 3.5%
Total Support $7,753 $3,942,923,672 32.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,685 $1,874,079,452 15.5%
Total Expenditures $23,724 $12,065,874,668 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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