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Columbus School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

275 George St

Bridgeport CT, 06604, Fairfield County

Phone: 203-576-7578

Ranking:

(722 out of 765, bottom 6%)*

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:	57		58		45		49		47		56		53
Total Students:	886		877		523		666		682		629		763
Prekindergarten:	54	6.1%	49	5.6%	32	6.1%	41	6.2%	35	5.1%	35	5.6%	34	4.5%
Kindergarten:	145	16.4%	170	19.4%	87	16.6%	93	14.0%	88	12.9%	80	12.7%	96	12.6%
Grade 1:	165	18.6%	132	15.1%	65	12.4%	87	13.1%	87	12.8%	91	14.5%	105	13.8%
Grade 2:	109	12.3%	120	13.7%	61	11.7%	77	11.6%	86	12.6%	81	12.9%	109	14.3%
Grade 3:	97	10.9%	91	10.4%	49	9.4%	77	11.6%	88	12.9%	91	14.5%	99	13.0%
Grade 4:	89	10.0%	87	9.9%	53	10.1%	71	10.7%	82	12.0%	49	7.8%	88	11.5%
Grade 5:	72	8.1%	82	9.4%	50	9.6%	69	10.4%	56	8.2%	60	9.5%	123	16.1%
Grade 6:	58	6.5%	57	6.5%	47	9.0%	55	8.3%	60	8.8%	60	9.5%	109	14.3%
Grade 7:	59	6.7%	57	6.5%	42	8.0%	53	8.0%	52	7.6%	54	8.6%	NA	NA
Grade 8:	38	4.3%	32	3.6%	37	7.1%	42	6.3%	48	7.0%	28	4.5%	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	467	52.7%	478	54.5%	268	51.2%	331	49.7%	323	47.4%	309	49.1%	387	50.7%
Female:	419	47.3%	399	45.5%	255	48.8%	335	50.3%	351	51.5%	312	49.6%	372	48.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.1%	3	0.3%	1	0.2%	6	0.9%	6	0.9%	0	0.0%	13	1.7%
Hispanic:	524	59.1%	532	60.7%	348	66.5%	421	63.2%	436	63.9%	397	63.1%	433	56.7%
Black:	312	35.2%	303	34.5%	140	26.8%	182	27.3%	177	26.0%	156	24.8%	210	27.5%
White:	45	5.1%	38	4.3%	33	6.3%	56	8.4%	63	9.2%	76	12.1%	107	14.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	883	99.7%	873	99.5%	519	99.2%	660	99.1%	673	98.7%	618	98.3%	751	98.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	6	0.9%	8	1.3%	9	1.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.46		15.04		11.75		13.73		14.48		12.40		14.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CMT
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	57.8%	56.1%	78.3%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	64.8%	53.3%	80.1%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68.4%	54.6%	80.7%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	51.8%	55.1%	82.8%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	57.2%	83.6%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	54.8%	55.7%	84.3%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	51.2%	63.4%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	28.9%	52.6%	82.7%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	35.8%	42%	69.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	33%	39%	69.3%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40.8%	39.4%	68.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	20%	39.6%	71.1%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	29.5%	41.2%	72.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	39.7%	40.6%	74%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	36.6%	41.8%	74.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	18.1%	40.4%	72.4%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	69.6%	62.7%	81.7%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	56.7%	61.8%	82.4%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	58.1%	60.4%	82.9%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	57.3%	83.2%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	41.6%	59.5%	80.3%
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	54.9%	54.6%	81.1%
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	59.4%	83.2%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	29.3%	58.4%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	49.2%	50.4%	80.3%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	59.8%	54.4%	80.9%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71.8%	55.6%	81.5%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67.3%	58.6%	84.6%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	47.8%	59%	85.2%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	55.2%	55.3%	85.2%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	60.1%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	32.0%	55.1%	83.8%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	31.1%	40.1%	71.8%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	37.3%	41.2%	70.6%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50.6%	39.9%	69.7%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	32.7%	39.6%	74.4%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	27.9%	41.6%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	22.4%	41%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	45.5%	45.5%	78.3%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	26.7%	43.5%	77.6%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	69.4%	66%	84.2%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	65.9%	65.2%	84.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	58.8%	64.3%	84.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	63.3%	65.1%	85%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56.3%	67.3%	86.5%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	49.3%	63.2%	85.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	52%	59.1%	83.7%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	40.2%	60.9%	83.5%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	61%	80.8%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	53%	57.4%	82.5%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	54.2%	57.5%	83.1%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	80.4%	63.3%	85.9%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	66.5%	87.8%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	54.1%	64.8%	87.6%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	61.6%	85.7%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	46.9%	57.8%	84.4%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	37.4%	43.1%	72.8%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	28.7%	41.4%	73.4%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	30.5%	41.5%	74%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	45.7%	77.7%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	25.5%	39.5%	75.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	22.4%	40.9%	75.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	34.9%	48.1%	79.7%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	36.9%	46.8%	79.1%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	35.6%	47.9%	81.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56.6%	57.9%	82.9%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40.7%	50%	82.5%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33.8%	51.2%	82.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50%	51.7%	82.4%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32.5%	49.2%	81.7%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	67%	85.3%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	64.5%	85.7%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.1%	65.4%	85.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.6%	68.9%	86.5%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	71%	87.3%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.5%	68.9%	88%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	47.9%	70.1%	88.5%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.9%	69.9%	87.7%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	69%	58.9%	79.8%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68.7%	64%	82.7%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	79.6%	63.8%	84.3%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68.3%	68.4%	86.8%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77.1%	73%	88.2%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	74.5%	71.8%	88.5%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60%	69.5%	87.2%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	52.3%	62.5%	85.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.5%	49.3%	75.4%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	37.4%	48.4%	75.7%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.2%	50.1%	77.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.2%	54.1%	80.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50%	64.4%	85.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72%	64.5%	86.5%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	43.9%	61%	84.8%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	40.0%	59.3%	84.5%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	66.4%	66.7%	82.7%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	63.6%	68.6%	83.8%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	66.3%	82.9%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	58.1%	66.7%	83.1%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	51.9%	70.3%	85.5%
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	84.3%	73.2%	86.1%
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	60%	65.4%	84.9%
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	49.0%	67.9%	84.3%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	56.6%	60.8%	85.7%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68.2%	65.4%	87.4%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69.6%	65.3%	87.2%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73.7%	62.2%	86.7%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	36.7%	60.3%	84.9%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	56.7%	83.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.4%	63.9%	85.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	63%	85.7%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.5%	62.6%	87.4%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.2%	65.1%	87.0%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	64.8%	57.9%	80.9%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	55.3%	55.6%	79.7%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	57.4%	53.3%	79.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	75%	58.3%	83.9%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	62.3%	62.1%	83.2%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	52%	55.1%	84.5%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	61.6%	86.6%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	65%	60.7%	86%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	64.1%	64.2%	87.1%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	43.8%	62.8%	86.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	40%	46.5%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50%	52.3%	82.6%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.5%	58.4%	83.4%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.8%	59.2%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50.0%	59.8%	85.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36%	40%	76.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	32.4%	43.4%	76%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33.3%	41.8%	75.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.7%	46%	77.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	31.0%	42.6%	76.5%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72%	64.1%	83.7%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	54.1%	53.6%	80.6%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	55.2%	81.6%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	63.1%	86.2%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	62.7%	85.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Columbus School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.