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Colchester School District

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Colchester School District is located in east Connecticut. Colchester School District has 48.98 square miles of land area and 0.72 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Colchester School District population is 16,143. Colchester School District median household income is $98,899 in 2010-2014. Colchester School District median house value is $275,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Colchester School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (66 out of 121, bottom 45%) Elementary/Middle School: (82 out of 162, bottom 49%)* Rank: #90
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	16,143 (2010-2014), rank #76
Population Growth	3.91% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	324.79/sq mi, rank #104
Median Household Income:	$98,899 at 2010-2014—8.50% increase since 2005-2009, rank #36
Median House Price:	$275,700 at 2010-2014—-0.68% increase since 2005-2009, rank #84
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	48.98 sq mi, rank #26
Water Area:	0.72 sq mi (1.45%), rank #84
State:	Connecticut
County:	New London County
City:	Colchester
Zip:	06415
Area:	Norwich-New London, CT

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Colchester School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

127 Norwich Ave

Colchester CT, 06415, New London County

Phone: 860-537-7267

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,733	2,880	3,017	3,077	3,205	3,180	3,238
English Language Learner Students:	22	27	23	23	30	20	21
Total Teachers:	216.71	220.33	225.91	231.36	239.10	260.10	211.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	3.00	3.00	7.00	7.00	6.00	6.00	7.00
Elementary:	128.28	131.39	129.26	129.96	137.90	154.30	126.50
Secondary:	77.33	76.98	81.05	85.80	85.40	90.20	68.70
Ungraded:	8.10	8.96	8.60	8.60	9.80	9.60	8.80
Total Other Staff:	207.53	241.99	245.23	237.98	245.33	198.80	204.80
Instructional Aides:	82.80	76.10	80.15	68.80	71.80	75.80	73.40
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	14.05	15.85	16.75	15.50	17.00	11.00	11.30
Total Guidance Counselors:	6.75	6.55	6.55	6.60	6.60	6.60	7.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.55	2.55	2.55	2.60	2.60	2.60	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.20	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50
District Administrators:	NA	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	5.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	NA	14.86	14.55	15.05	15.05	15.00	12.60
School Administrators:	NA	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	0.00	12.00
School Administrative Support:	NA	3.10	3.60	3.00	3.00	4.80	6.20
Student Support Services:	12.60	13.40	13.40	12.75	12.75	12.50	14.10
Other Support Services:	83.83	85.63	83.73	89.78	92.63	60.60	56.70
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.61	13.07	13.35	13.30	13.40	12.23	15.35

Schools

Bacon Academy	Grade 9 to Grade 12	611 Norwich Ave, Colchester CT 06415
Colchester Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	380 Norwich Ave, Colchester CT 06415
Jack Jackter Intermediate School	Grade 3 to Grade 5	315 Halls Hill Rd, Colchester CT 06415
William J. Johnston Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	360 Norwich Ave, Colchester CT 06415

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
CAPT Test
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	86.6%	77.2%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	89.8%	79.7%
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	92%	78.4%
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	91.1%	78.8%
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	88.8%	80.3%
2012	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	88.7%	78.8%
2013	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	88.7%	78.6%
2007	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	77.5%	79.7%
2008	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	84.9%	82.7%
2009	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	91.2%	81.8%
2010	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	89.2%	82.9%
2011	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	83.2%	81.9%
2012	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	92.1%	80.9%
2013	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	89.7%	81.0%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	89.6%	81.4%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	93.5%	80.5%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	92.1%	78.4%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	90.5%	81.5%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	89.4%	81.7%
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	92.6%	80.2%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	89.4%	81.7%
2007	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	85.7%	82.2%
2008	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	88.6%	88.2%
2009	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	93.7%	86.5%
2010	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	89.6%	86.2%
2011	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	91%	88.6%
2012	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	96.3%	88.8%
2013	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	89.9%	88.9%
CMT Test
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	78.3%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	80.1%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	80.7%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94.3%	82.8%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	83.6%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	84.3%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93.8%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	82.7%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.2%	69.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.7%	69.3%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.3%	68.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.3%	71.1%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	72.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.1%	74%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	74.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.9%	72.4%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	81.7%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	86.5%	82.4%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	82.9%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	83.2%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	84.9%	80.3%
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	81.1%
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	83.2%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	82.0%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	80.3%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	80.9%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	81.5%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96.2%	84.6%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	85.2%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	85.2%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92.1%	83.8%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.6%	71.8%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.9%	70.6%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.9%	69.7%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	74.4%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	78.3%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	77.6%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	85.9%	84.2%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89.9%	84.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	84.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92.2%	85%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	86.5%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	85.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	83.7%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89.1%	83.5%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	80.8%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89.3%	82.5%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92.1%	83.1%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95%	85.9%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94.9%	87.8%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	87.6%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93.1%	85.7%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91.6%	84.4%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.3%	72.8%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	73.4%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	74%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.6%	77.7%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	75.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.1%	75.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.6%	79.7%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	79.1%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	81.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.4%	82.9%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94.5%	82.5%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90.5%	82.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95.3%	82.4%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	92.3%	81.7%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85%	85.3%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	85.7%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	91.6%	85.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	94.2%	86.5%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	93.6%	87.3%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	96.3%	88%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	97.8%	88.5%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	96.6%	87.7%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	93.9%	79.8%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	91.2%	82.7%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	90%	84.3%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	94.8%	86.8%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	95.5%	88.2%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	94.5%	88.5%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	93.6%	87.2%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	93.8%	85.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.7%	75.4%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.2%	75.7%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87%	77.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	80.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.6%	85.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.3%	86.5%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.1%	84.8%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.4%	84.5%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	93.2%	82.7%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	89.5%	83.8%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	90.4%	82.9%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	81.5%	83.1%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	93.1%	85.5%
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	94.5%	86.1%
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	90.8%	84.9%
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	94.3%	84.3%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	77.8%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	93%	80.2%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	82.6%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	93.5%	85.7%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	95%	87.4%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	95.3%	87.2%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	91%	86.7%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	91.4%	84.9%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.9%	76.4%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83%	75.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.2%	79.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93.4%	83.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.4%	85.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.4%	85.7%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93.3%	87.4%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	95.9%	87.0%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	87.2%	80.9%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90.4%	81.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	84.8%	80.1%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90.5%	80.9%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	82.5%	79.7%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92.8%	79.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	93.7%	83.9%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89.5%	83.2%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	89.1%	78.9%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	92.1%	80.8%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	92.1%	81.2%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	90.5%	84.5%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	95%	86.6%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	94.2%	86%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	95.2%	87.1%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	92.9%	86.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	76.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.7%	76.4%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.2%	77%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.1%	82.6%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.4%	83.4%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.6%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.8%	85.7%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.7%	75.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	76.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92%	76%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	75.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	90.1%	77.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89.3%	76.5%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.7%	81.9%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.6%	82.5%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	93.3%	82.7%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83%	83.7%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	80.6%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.2%	81.6%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95.7%	86.2%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	96.4%	85.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$46,327,000	$15,355		$45,050,000	$14,641		$44,003,000	$13,729
Federal:	$1,531,000	$507	3.3%	$3,254,000	$1,058	7.2%	$3,418,000	$1,066	7.8%
State:	$19,675,000	$6,521	42.5%	$18,828,000	$6,119	41.8%	$17,221,000	$5,373	39.1%
Local:	$25,121,000	$8,326	54.2%	$22,968,000	$7,464	51.0%	$23,364,000	$7,290	53.1%
Total Expenditures:	$44,493,000	$14,747		$42,645,000	$13,859		$41,637,000	$12,991
Total Current Expenditures:	$41,742,000	$13,836		$39,802,000	$12,935		$38,802,000	$12,107
Instructional Expenditures:	$25,740,000	$8,532	61.7%	$25,012,000	$8,129	62.8%	$24,950,000	$7,785	64.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$4,199,000	$1,392	10.1%	$3,573,000	$1,161	9.0%	$3,382,000	$1,055	8.7%
Administration:	$4,102,000	$1,360	9.8%	$3,992,000	$1,297	10.0%	$3,540,000	$1,105	9.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$7,701,000	$2,553	18.4%	$7,225,000	$2,348	18.2%	$6,930,000	$2,162	17.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$325,000	$108		$102,000	$33		$117,000	$37
Construction:	$66,000	$22		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$57,000	$19		$52,000	$17		$52,000	$16
Interest on Debt:	$465,000	$154		$650,000	$211		$693,000	$216

Total Salary:	$25,084,000	$8,314		$24,532,000	$7,973		$24,280,000	$7,576
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$17,745,000	$5,882	70.7%	$17,677,000	$5,745	72.1%	$17,833,000	$5,564	73.4%
Other Salary:	$7,339,000	$2,433	29.3%	$6,855,000	$2,228	27.9%	$6,447,000	$2,012	26.6%
Total Benefit:	$9,710,000	$3,218		$8,753,000	$2,845		$8,327,000	$2,598
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$6,877,000	$2,279	70.8%	$6,304,000	$2,049	72.0%	$6,119,000	$1,909	73.5%
Other Benefit:	$2,833,000	$939	29.2%	$2,449,000	$796	28.0%	$2,208,000	$689	26.5%

* Colchester School District was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.