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Shelton High 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
120 Meadow St.
Shelton, CT 06484
Phone
(203) 922-3004
District
SHELTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
FAIRFIELD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1275
Classroom Teachers
100

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Connecticut

6

(10 is best)

Better than 56.7% of all CT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Shelton High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
49%
44%
57%
54%
40%
33%
49%
44%
57%
54%
40%
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
13
13
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 351 27.5%
Grade 10 307 24.1%
Grade 11 332 26.0%
Grade 12 285 22.4%
Total 1275 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 67.4% 64.5% 50.9%
Black 6.4% 7.3% 13.1%
Hispanic 20.0% 22.4% 30.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.0% 5.6% 5.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 27.8% 29.4% 38.9%
Free lunch eligible 21.3% 23.2% 33.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.4% 6.2% 5.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 40,944 3,626,205
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,282.1 747
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.5% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 14.7% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.6% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 32.0% 27.6%
65 OR OLDER 21.2% 17.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 16,204 1,409,807
Single Parent Households With Children 4.5% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.8% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 41.4% 41.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 30.7% 27.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.0% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.6% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.1% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.0% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.5% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 7.2% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,094 $50,788,332 55.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,097 $9,600,066 10.6%
Staff $414 $1,895,292 2.1%
General Administration $206 $943,068 1.0%
School Administration $1,171 $5,360,838 5.9%
Operation $1,935 $8,858,430 9.8%
Transportation $983 $4,500,174 5.0%
Other $349 $1,597,722 1.8%
Total Support $7,156 $32,760,168 36.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,580 $7,233,240 8.0%
Total Expenditures $19,829 $90,777,162 100.0%
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%