Blackham School
425 Thorme St
Bridgeport CT, 06606, Fairfield County
Phone: 203-576-7951
Ranking: (690 out of 765, bottom 10%)*
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: | 63 | 61 | 66 | 68 | 71 | 76 | 66 | |||||||
Total Students: | 1,125 | 1,130 | 1,065 | 1,115 | 1,069 | 1,059 | 1,177 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 36 | 3.2% | 34 | 3.0% | 36 | 3.4% | 36 | 3.2% | 35 | 3.3% | 34 | 3.2% | 35 | 3.0% |
Kindergarten: | 115 | 10.2% | 119 | 10.5% | 113 | 10.6% | 119 | 10.7% | 86 | 8.0% | 109 | 10.3% | 87 | 7.4% |
Grade 1: | 110 | 9.8% | 124 | 11.0% | 112 | 10.5% | 116 | 10.4% | 124 | 11.6% | 94 | 8.9% | 89 | 7.6% |
Grade 2: | 115 | 10.2% | 113 | 10.0% | 108 | 10.1% | 123 | 11.0% | 98 | 9.2% | 80 | 7.6% | 86 | 7.3% |
Grade 3: | 119 | 10.6% | 114 | 10.1% | 116 | 10.9% | 101 | 9.1% | 81 | 7.6% | 102 | 9.6% | 81 | 6.9% |
Grade 4: | 114 | 10.1% | 118 | 10.4% | 85 | 8.0% | 91 | 8.2% | 109 | 10.2% | 86 | 8.1% | 88 | 7.5% |
Grade 5: | 111 | 9.9% | 90 | 8.0% | 80 | 7.5% | 111 | 10.0% | 97 | 9.1% | 92 | 8.7% | 96 | 8.2% |
Grade 6: | 90 | 8.0% | 86 | 7.6% | 104 | 9.8% | 101 | 9.1% | 93 | 8.7% | 116 | 11.0% | 178 | 15.1% |
Grade 7: | 128 | 11.4% | 180 | 15.9% | 155 | 14.6% | 155 | 13.9% | 151 | 14.1% | 190 | 17.9% | 200 | 17.0% |
Grade 8: | 187 | 16.6% | 152 | 13.5% | 156 | 14.6% | 162 | 14.5% | 195 | 18.2% | 156 | 14.7% | 237 | 20.1% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 608 | 54.0% | 587 | 51.9% | 541 | 50.8% | 573 | 51.4% | 561 | 52.5% | 558 | 52.7% | 622 | 52.8% |
Female: | 517 | 46.0% | 543 | 48.1% | 524 | 49.2% | 542 | 48.6% | 500 | 46.8% | 493 | 46.6% | 551 | 46.8% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 6 | 0.5% | 7 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
Asian: | 53 | 4.7% | 52 | 4.6% | 52 | 4.9% | 52 | 4.7% | 47 | 4.4% | 46 | 4.3% | 54 | 4.6% |
Hispanic: | 540 | 48.0% | 514 | 45.5% | 475 | 44.6% | 473 | 42.4% | 463 | 43.3% | 448 | 42.3% | 495 | 42.1% |
Black: | 338 | 30.0% | 373 | 33.0% | 349 | 32.8% | 404 | 36.2% | 363 | 34.0% | 347 | 32.8% | 392 | 33.3% |
White: | 183 | 16.3% | 181 | 16.0% | 183 | 17.2% | 180 | 16.1% | 196 | 18.3% | 218 | 20.6% | 235 | 20.0% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 4 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 1,120 | 99.6% | 1,118 | 98.9% | 1,046 | 98.2% | 1,080 | 96.9% | 1,017 | 95.1% | 1,003 | 94.7% | 1,080 | 91.8% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 2 | 0.2% | 9 | 0.8% | 10 | 0.9% | 14 | 1.3% | 26 | 2.4% | 25 | 2.4% | 51 | 4.3% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.97 | 18.49 | 16.19 | 16.45 | 15.10 | 15.80 | 17.90 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
CMT | ||||||
2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 56.1% | 78.3% |
2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45.9% | 53.3% | 80.1% |
2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59% | 54.6% | 80.7% |
2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 55.1% | 82.8% |
2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 57.2% | 83.6% |
2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 55.7% | 84.3% |
2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 63.4% | 85.8% |
2013 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 51.9% | 52.6% | 82.7% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 42% | 69.2% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 31.8% | 39% | 69.3% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 41% | 39.4% | 68.4% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 39.6% | 71.1% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 25.3% | 41.2% | 72.3% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50.5% | 40.6% | 74% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 49.1% | 41.8% | 74.5% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 38.2% | 40.4% | 72.4% |
2006 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72% | 62.7% | 81.7% |
2007 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.2% | 61.8% | 82.4% |
2008 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 60.4% | 82.9% |
2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 57.3% | 83.2% |
2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 56.6% | 59.5% | 80.3% |
2011 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 54.6% | 81.1% |
2012 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 59.4% | 83.2% |
2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 58.4% | 80.4% |
2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | 50.4% | 80.3% |
2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 72% | 54.4% | 80.9% |
2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 44.2% | 55.6% | 81.5% |
2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.3% | 58.6% | 84.6% |
2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 59% | 85.2% |
2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 55.3% | 85.2% |
2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 60.1% | 85.8% |
2013 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 44.8% | 55.1% | 83.8% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 45.4% | 40.1% | 71.8% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 41.2% | 70.6% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 33.7% | 39.9% | 69.7% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 40.7% | 39.6% | 74.4% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 44.2% | 41.6% | 72.9% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 34.2% | 41% | 74.7% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 45.5% | 78.3% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 42.1% | 43.5% | 77.6% |
2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 66% | 84.2% |
2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 65.2% | 84.1% |
2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 64.3% | 84.8% |
2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 65.1% | 85% |
2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 67.3% | 86.5% |
2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 63.2% | 85.4% |
2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 59.1% | 83.7% |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.1% | 60.9% | 83.5% |
2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 61% | 80.8% |
2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.7% | 57.4% | 82.5% |
2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 57.5% | 83.1% |
2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 63.3% | 85.9% |
2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 66.5% | 87.8% |
2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 64.8% | 87.6% |
2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 61.6% | 85.7% |
2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 57.8% | 84.4% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 49.5% | 43.1% | 72.8% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 40% | 41.4% | 73.4% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 49.5% | 41.5% | 74% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 45.7% | 77.7% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 39.5% | 75.4% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 40.9% | 75.1% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 48.1% | 79.7% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.0% | 46.8% | 79.1% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 47.9% | 81.1% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 57.9% | 82.9% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 50% | 82.5% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 51.2% | 82.4% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.5% | 51.7% | 82.4% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 49.2% | 81.7% |
2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 67% | 85.3% |
2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 64.5% | 85.7% |
2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 65.4% | 85.7% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 68.9% | 86.5% |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 71% | 87.3% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 68.9% | 88% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 70.1% | 88.5% |
2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 69.9% | 87.7% |
2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 58.9% | 79.8% |
2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.3% | 64% | 82.7% |
2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.3% | 63.8% | 84.3% |
2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 68.4% | 86.8% |
2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 73% | 88.2% |
2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 71.8% | 88.5% |
2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 69.5% | 87.2% |
2013 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.0% | 62.5% | 85.9% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 49.3% | 75.4% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.7% | 48.4% | 75.7% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.6% | 50.1% | 77.6% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.2% | 54.1% | 80.3% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 64.4% | 85.5% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 64.5% | 86.5% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.2% | 61% | 84.8% |
2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 59.3% | 84.5% |
2006 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 66.7% | 82.7% |
2007 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.2% | 68.6% | 83.8% |
2008 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 66.3% | 82.9% |
2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 66.7% | 83.1% |
2010 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.1% | 70.3% | 85.5% |
2011 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 73.2% | 86.1% |
2012 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 78% | 65.4% | 84.9% |
2013 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 67.9% | 84.3% |
2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.5% | 49% | 77.8% |
2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 51.7% | 80.2% |
2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 56.3% | 82.6% |
2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.1% | 60.8% | 85.7% |
2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | 65.4% | 87.4% |
2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 65.3% | 87.2% |
2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 62.2% | 86.7% |
2013 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 60.3% | 84.9% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 48.6% | 76.4% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.6% | 47.6% | 75.5% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 54.9% | 79.7% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 56.7% | 83.4% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 63.9% | 85.3% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 63% | 85.7% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.8% | 62.6% | 87.4% |
2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.0% | 65.1% | 87.0% |
2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 56% | 60.5% | 80.9% |
2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 60.2% | 81.1% |
2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.5% | 56.5% | 80.1% |
2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.6% | 57.9% | 80.9% |
2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 53% | 55.6% | 79.7% |
2011 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 53.3% | 79.8% |
2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 58.3% | 83.9% |
2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.6% | 62.1% | 83.2% |
2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 49% | 45.3% | 78.9% |
2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.3% | 52.3% | 80.8% |
2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.9% | 50.1% | 81.2% |
2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 55.1% | 84.5% |
2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 61.6% | 86.6% |
2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.1% | 60.7% | 86% |
2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 64.2% | 87.1% |
2013 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.7% | 62.8% | 86.1% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 58% | 48.9% | 76.6% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.6% | 44.1% | 76.4% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.5% | 47.2% | 77% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.9% | 46.5% | 80.5% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.9% | 52.3% | 82.6% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 58.4% | 83.4% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.1% | 59.2% | 86.2% |
2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 59.8% | 85.7% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.1% | 37.1% | 75.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 31.4% | 40% | 76.6% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 32.3% | 43.4% | 76% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 27.8% | 41.8% | 75.9% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 41.4% | 46% | 77.1% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 35.8% | 42.6% | 76.5% |
2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.5% | 64.4% | 81.9% |
2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.7% | 58.9% | 82.5% |
2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.4% | 59.3% | 82.7% |
2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 64.1% | 83.7% |
2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 49% | 53.6% | 80.6% |
2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.4% | 55.2% | 81.6% |
2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 63.1% | 86.2% |
2013 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 62.7% | 85.7% |
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* Blackham School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.