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Thomaston High School

Serves grades 7 - 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
185 Branch Rd.
Thomaston, CT 06787
Phone
(860) 283-3030
District
THOMASTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
LITCHFIELD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
319
Classroom Teachers
29

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Connecticut

4

(10 is best)

Better than 35.7% of all CT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

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

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
35%
41%
40%
49%
30%
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
11
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 7 64 20.1%
Grade 8 66 20.7%
Grade 9 44 13.8%
Grade 10 42 13.2%
Grade 11 57 17.9%
Grade 12 46 14.4%
Total 319 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 91.2% 86.2% 50.9%
Black 1.3% 1.4% 13.1%
Hispanic 6.2% 10.6% 30.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.3% 1.9% 5.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 30.7% 33.0% 38.9%
Free lunch eligible 24.5% 26.9% 33.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.3% 6.1% 5.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 7,497 3,626,205
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 615.1 747
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.9% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.4% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.4% 27.6%
65 OR OLDER 17.0% 17.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,071 1,409,807
Single Parent Households With Children 3.7% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.3% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 33.7% 41.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 22.0% 27.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.5% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.2% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 21.4% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.8% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.7% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 6.3% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,980 $9,955,380 52.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,472 $1,223,232 6.5%
Staff $125 $103,875 0.6%
General Administration $1,195 $993,045 5.3%
School Administration $1,472 $1,223,232 6.5%
Operation $2,141 $1,779,171 9.4%
Transportation $893 $742,083 3.9%
Other $652 $541,812 2.9%
Total Support $7,949 $6,605,619 35.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,752 $2,286,912 12.1%
Total Expenditures $22,681 $18,847,911 100.0%
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%