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Christopher Columbus Academy Primary School
255 Blatchley Ave
New Haven CT, 06513, New Haven County
Phone: 203-946-8620
Ranking: 
(675 out of 765, bottom 12%)*
(675 out of 765, bottom 12%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8
School District: New Haven 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: | 24 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 30 | 20 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 448 | 467 | 473 | 470 | 427 | 398 | 285 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 41 | 9.2% | 40 | 8.6% | 42 | 8.9% | 42 | 8.9% | 39 | 9.1% | 35 | 8.8% | NA | NA |
| Kindergarten: | 52 | 11.6% | 63 | 13.5% | 48 | 10.1% | 73 | 15.5% | 47 | 11.0% | 70 | 17.6% | 48 | 16.8% |
| Grade 1: | 52 | 11.6% | 48 | 10.3% | 76 | 16.1% | 49 | 10.4% | 72 | 16.9% | 66 | 16.6% | 47 | 16.5% |
| Grade 2: | 52 | 11.6% | 71 | 15.2% | 48 | 10.1% | 61 | 13.0% | 59 | 13.8% | 43 | 10.8% | 47 | 16.5% |
| Grade 3: | 52 | 11.6% | 39 | 8.4% | 58 | 12.3% | 63 | 13.4% | 47 | 11.0% | 48 | 12.1% | 43 | 15.1% |
| Grade 4: | 40 | 8.9% | 53 | 11.3% | 55 | 11.6% | 45 | 9.6% | 37 | 8.7% | 32 | 8.0% | 39 | 13.7% |
| Grade 5: | 43 | 9.6% | 47 | 10.1% | 38 | 8.0% | 37 | 7.9% | 31 | 7.3% | 41 | 10.3% | 32 | 11.2% |
| Grade 6: | 40 | 8.9% | 38 | 8.1% | 38 | 8.0% | 30 | 6.4% | 38 | 8.9% | 33 | 8.3% | 29 | 10.2% |
| Grade 7: | 35 | 7.8% | 36 | 7.7% | 34 | 7.2% | 35 | 7.4% | 33 | 7.7% | 30 | 7.5% | NA | NA |
| Grade 8: | 41 | 9.2% | 32 | 6.9% | 36 | 7.6% | 35 | 7.4% | 24 | 5.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 221 | 49.3% | 228 | 48.8% | 221 | 46.7% | 217 | 46.2% | 189 | 44.3% | 176 | 44.2% | 129 | 45.3% |
| Female: | 227 | 50.7% | 239 | 51.2% | 252 | 53.3% | 253 | 53.8% | 230 | 53.9% | 214 | 53.8% | 152 | 53.3% |
| 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: | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 411 | 91.7% | 433 | 92.7% | 437 | 92.4% | 434 | 92.3% | 391 | 91.6% | 366 | 92.0% | 265 | 93.0% |
| Black: | 23 | 5.1% | 19 | 4.1% | 22 | 4.7% | 27 | 5.7% | 31 | 7.3% | 27 | 6.8% | 20 | 7.0% |
| White: | 12 | 2.7% | 11 | 2.4% | 11 | 2.3% | 6 | 1.3% | 5 | 1.2% | 5 | 1.3% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 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: | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 349 | 77.9% | 373 | 79.9% | 335 | 70.8% | 362 | 77.0% | 334 | 78.2% | 317 | 79.6% | 215 | 75.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 17 | 3.8% | 24 | 5.1% | 25 | 5.3% | 33 | 7.0% | 43 | 10.1% | 51 | 12.8% | 30 | 10.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.36 | 17.43 | 17.01 | 17.60 | 18.17 | 16.10 | 14.10 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CMT | ||||||
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 47.6% | 59.4% | 78.3% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 64.1% | 80.1% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 63.5% | 80.7% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 60.3% | 82.8% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 62.7% | 83.6% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45.8% | 67.5% | 84.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63% | 69.7% | 85.8% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 58.0% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 14.3% | 32.2% | 69.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 32.4% | 38.8% | 69.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 19.5% | 36.7% | 68.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 15.9% | 38.3% | 71.1% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 20.5% | 41.3% | 72.3% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 27.6% | 49.9% | 74% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 21.3% | 51.4% | 74.5% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 48.6% | 42.3% | 72.4% |
| 2006 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 32.5% | 57.4% | 81.7% |
| 2007 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 61.8% | 82.4% |
| 2008 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 64.8% | 82.9% |
| 2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50% | 60.3% | 83.2% |
| 2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 56.7% | 80.3% |
| 2011 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 63% | 81.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46.3% | 67% | 83.2% |
| 2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 40.0% | 59.5% | 80.4% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 62.9% | 80.3% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 57.6% | 80.9% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 67.8% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 66% | 84.6% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 67.4% | 85.2% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 67.4% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 65.5% | 85.8% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 61.4% | 83.8% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 22.2% | 38.9% | 71.8% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 14.3% | 34.9% | 70.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 21.6% | 42.1% | 69.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 46.2% | 48.1% | 74.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 44.7% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.2% | 49.1% | 74.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 50.4% | 78.3% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.0% | 51.4% | 77.6% |
| 2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 67.1% | 84.2% |
| 2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 58.1% | 84.1% |
| 2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 43.2% | 68.2% | 84.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 67.2% | 85% |
| 2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 71.5% | 86.5% |
| 2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 68.3% | 85.4% |
| 2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 64% | 83.7% |
| 2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.5% | 66.9% | 83.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 63.8% | 82.5% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.5% | 61.5% | 83.1% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 67% | 85.9% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 68.4% | 87.8% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 72% | 87.6% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.6% | 66.2% | 85.7% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 65.1% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 44.1% | 73.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.2% | 43.3% | 74% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 54.1% | 77.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 47.7% | 75.4% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 49.5% | 75.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.9% | 58.2% | 79.7% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.0% | 56.7% | 79.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 53.8% | 81.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 59.5% | 82.9% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 55.9% | 82.5% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.4% | 58.9% | 82.4% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 59.5% | 82.4% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 58.0% | 81.7% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 67.3% | 85.7% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 61.3% | 85.7% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 65% | 68.9% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 70.2% | 87.3% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 74.1% | 88% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 77.9% | 88.5% |
| 2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 76.8% | 87.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 68.4% | 84.3% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 68.3% | 86.8% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 74.2% | 88.2% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 72.7% | 88.5% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.6% | 72.7% | 87.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 72.0% | 85.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 34.5% | 52% | 77.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 56.7% | 80.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 74.4% | 85.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 72.9% | 86.5% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 72.1% | 84.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 69.2% | 84.5% |
| 2008 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.2% | 64.1% | 82.9% |
| 2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 63.2% | 83.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.6% | 71.2% | 85.5% |
| 2011 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 71.3% | 86.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 69.3% | 84.9% |
| 2013 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 70.0% | 84.3% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 70.3% | 85.7% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 70.8% | 87.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 75.2% | 87.2% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 70.2% | 86.7% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.6% | 70.8% | 84.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 67.3% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 66.3% | 85.3% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.9% | 75% | 85.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 76% | 74.3% | 87.4% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 73.4% | 87.0% |
| 2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.8% | 60.9% | 80.9% |
| 2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.6% | 51.8% | 79.7% |
| 2011 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 40% | 57.1% | 79.8% |
| 2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 66.9% | 83.9% |
| 2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.5% | 63.7% | 83.2% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 95% | 71.6% | 86.6% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 69.2% | 86% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 73.2% | 87.1% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 72.0% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.6% | 67.7% | 83.4% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 74.9% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.0% | 72.8% | 85.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.5% | 48.5% | 76% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 52.5% | 75.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 56.5% | 77.1% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 53.2% | 76.5% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.5% | 55.3% | 80.6% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.1% | 58.2% | 81.6% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 70.7% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.6% | 70.1% | 85.7% |
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* Christopher Columbus Academy Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.