Barnum School
495 Waterview Ave
Bridgeport CT, 06608, Fairfield County
Phone: 203-576-7510
Ranking: (751 out of 765, bottom 2%)*
Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8
School District: Bridgeport School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 44 | 45 | 42 | 40 | 39 | 45 | 21 | |||||||
Total Students: | 626 | 625 | 659 | 633 | 631 | 600 | 279 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 32 | 5.1% | 36 | 5.8% | 34 | 5.2% | 36 | 5.7% | 35 | 5.5% | 31 | 5.2% | 18 | 6.5% |
Kindergarten: | 84 | 13.4% | 95 | 15.2% | 85 | 12.9% | 88 | 13.9% | 89 | 14.1% | 76 | 12.7% | 39 | 14.0% |
Grade 1: | 82 | 13.1% | 77 | 12.3% | 86 | 13.1% | 90 | 14.2% | 74 | 11.7% | 85 | 14.2% | 35 | 12.5% |
Grade 2: | 79 | 12.6% | 77 | 12.3% | 77 | 11.7% | 67 | 10.6% | 72 | 11.4% | 62 | 10.3% | 39 | 14.0% |
Grade 3: | 75 | 12.0% | 72 | 11.5% | 68 | 10.3% | 63 | 10.0% | 64 | 10.1% | 69 | 11.5% | 43 | 15.4% |
Grade 4: | 58 | 9.3% | 57 | 9.1% | 73 | 11.1% | 60 | 9.5% | 67 | 10.6% | 67 | 11.2% | 40 | 14.3% |
Grade 5: | 51 | 8.1% | 66 | 10.6% | 52 | 7.9% | 48 | 7.6% | 70 | 11.1% | 52 | 8.7% | 29 | 10.4% |
Grade 6: | 61 | 9.7% | 42 | 6.7% | 55 | 8.3% | 76 | 12.0% | 53 | 8.4% | 53 | 8.8% | 36 | 12.9% |
Grade 7: | 54 | 8.6% | 45 | 7.2% | 71 | 10.8% | 55 | 8.7% | 55 | 8.7% | 60 | 10.0% | NA | NA |
Grade 8: | 50 | 8.0% | 58 | 9.3% | 58 | 8.8% | 50 | 7.9% | 52 | 8.2% | 45 | 7.5% | NA | NA |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 325 | 51.9% | 332 | 53.1% | 338 | 51.3% | 326 | 51.5% | 324 | 51.3% | 288 | 48.0% | 141 | 50.5% |
Female: | 301 | 48.1% | 293 | 46.9% | 321 | 48.7% | 307 | 48.5% | 299 | 47.4% | 304 | 50.7% | 134 | 48.0% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 3 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.8% | 6 | 1.0% | 1 | 0.4% |
Hispanic: | 427 | 68.2% | 413 | 66.1% | 442 | 67.1% | 443 | 70.0% | 441 | 69.9% | 386 | 64.3% | 166 | 59.5% |
Black: | 171 | 27.3% | 193 | 30.9% | 198 | 30.0% | 176 | 27.8% | 171 | 27.1% | 197 | 32.8% | 108 | 38.7% |
White: | 21 | 3.4% | 16 | 2.6% | 12 | 1.8% | 10 | 1.6% | 14 | 2.2% | 11 | 1.8% | 4 | 1.4% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 4 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 623 | 99.5% | 622 | 99.5% | 653 | 99.1% | 626 | 98.9% | 622 | 98.6% | 586 | 97.7% | 271 | 97.1% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.6% | 6 | 1.0% | 11 | 1.8% | 5 | 1.8% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.36 | 13.89 | 15.65 | 15.67 | 15.99 | 14.30 | 13.20 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
CMT | ||||||
2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 56.1% | 78.3% |
2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 22.5% | 53.3% | 80.1% |
2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 18.9% | 54.6% | 80.7% |
2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 31% | 55.1% | 82.8% |
2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 49.1% | 57.2% | 83.6% |
2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43.1% | 55.7% | 84.3% |
2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 63.4% | 85.8% |
2013 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 37.7% | 52.6% | 82.7% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 17.2% | 42% | 69.2% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 12.5% | 39% | 69.3% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 5.6% | 39.4% | 68.4% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 24.3% | 39.6% | 71.1% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 19.3% | 41.2% | 72.3% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 31.5% | 40.6% | 74% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 26.3% | 41.8% | 74.5% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 36.8% | 40.4% | 72.4% |
2006 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 40.7% | 62.7% | 81.7% |
2007 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 42.1% | 61.8% | 82.4% |
2008 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 16.7% | 60.4% | 82.9% |
2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 36.6% | 57.3% | 83.2% |
2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 25.9% | 59.5% | 80.3% |
2011 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 36.4% | 54.6% | 81.1% |
2012 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 51.7% | 59.4% | 83.2% |
2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 58.4% | 80.4% |
2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.7% | 50.4% | 80.3% |
2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 41.9% | 54.4% | 80.9% |
2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 55.6% | 81.5% |
2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 58.6% | 84.6% |
2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.1% | 59% | 85.2% |
2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.7% | 55.3% | 85.2% |
2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 60.1% | 85.8% |
2013 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 50.0% | 55.1% | 83.8% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 23.6% | 40.1% | 71.8% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 23.3% | 41.2% | 70.6% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 23.7% | 39.9% | 69.7% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 16.7% | 39.6% | 74.4% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 29.7% | 41.6% | 72.9% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 34% | 41% | 74.7% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 39.7% | 45.5% | 78.3% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 34.0% | 43.5% | 77.6% |
2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 66% | 84.2% |
2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 65.2% | 84.1% |
2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 44.7% | 64.3% | 84.8% |
2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 65.1% | 85% |
2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 67.3% | 86.5% |
2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 50.8% | 63.2% | 85.4% |
2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.6% | 59.1% | 83.7% |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 60.9% | 83.5% |
2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.7% | 61% | 80.8% |
2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.8% | 57.4% | 82.5% |
2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.5% | 57.5% | 83.1% |
2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.6% | 63.3% | 85.9% |
2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 66.5% | 87.8% |
2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 64.8% | 87.6% |
2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.1% | 61.6% | 85.7% |
2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 57.8% | 84.4% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.2% | 43.1% | 72.8% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 31% | 41.4% | 73.4% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 11.5% | 41.5% | 74% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.5% | 45.7% | 77.7% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 30.8% | 39.5% | 75.4% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.6% | 40.9% | 75.1% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.5% | 48.1% | 79.7% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.0% | 46.8% | 79.1% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 28% | 47.9% | 81.1% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.2% | 57.9% | 82.9% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 40.3% | 50% | 82.5% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 51.2% | 82.4% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 49% | 51.7% | 82.4% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 49.2% | 81.7% |
2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 67% | 85.3% |
2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.2% | 64.5% | 85.7% |
2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 36% | 65.4% | 85.7% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 68.9% | 86.5% |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 71% | 87.3% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 68.9% | 88% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 70.1% | 88.5% |
2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 69.9% | 87.7% |
2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 27.5% | 58.9% | 79.8% |
2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 64% | 82.7% |
2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 63.8% | 84.3% |
2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 38.5% | 68.4% | 86.8% |
2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 73% | 88.2% |
2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 71.8% | 88.5% |
2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 70% | 69.5% | 87.2% |
2013 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 47.4% | 62.5% | 85.9% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 21.6% | 49.3% | 75.4% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 21.2% | 48.4% | 75.7% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.9% | 50.1% | 77.6% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 23.5% | 54.1% | 80.3% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 64.4% | 85.5% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 64.5% | 86.5% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 54% | 61% | 84.8% |
2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 59.3% | 84.5% |
2006 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 23.1% | 66.7% | 82.7% |
2007 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 68.6% | 83.8% |
2008 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 66.3% | 82.9% |
2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 36.4% | 66.7% | 83.1% |
2010 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 70.3% | 85.5% |
2011 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 73.2% | 86.1% |
2012 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 65.4% | 84.9% |
2013 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 67.9% | 84.3% |
2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 29.8% | 49% | 77.8% |
2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 37% | 60.8% | 85.7% |
2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 65.4% | 87.4% |
2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 65.3% | 87.2% |
2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 62.2% | 86.7% |
2013 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 60.3% | 84.9% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 28.3% | 48.6% | 76.4% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 30.4% | 56.7% | 83.4% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.7% | 63.9% | 85.3% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 46% | 63% | 85.7% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.7% | 62.6% | 87.4% |
2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 65.1% | 87.0% |
2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 39.8% | 60.5% | 80.9% |
2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 31% | 57.9% | 80.9% |
2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 42% | 55.6% | 79.7% |
2011 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.7% | 53.3% | 79.8% |
2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 58.3% | 83.9% |
2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 36.2% | 62.1% | 83.2% |
2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 45.3% | 78.9% |
2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 25.7% | 55.1% | 84.5% |
2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 61.6% | 86.6% |
2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 60.7% | 86% |
2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 50% | 64.2% | 87.1% |
2013 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.9% | 62.8% | 86.1% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 48.9% | 76.6% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 25% | 46.5% | 80.5% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 37% | 52.3% | 82.6% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 41.3% | 58.4% | 83.4% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.6% | 59.2% | 86.2% |
2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.9% | 59.8% | 85.7% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 18.4% | 40% | 76.6% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 31.4% | 43.4% | 76% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 30% | 41.8% | 75.9% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 20.7% | 46% | 77.1% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 30.9% | 42.6% | 76.5% |
2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.6% | 64.4% | 81.9% |
2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 59% | 64.1% | 83.7% |
2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 53.6% | 80.6% |
2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 34% | 55.2% | 81.6% |
2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.3% | 63.1% | 86.2% |
2013 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 62.7% | 85.7% |
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* Barnum School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.