Cross School
1775 Reservoir Ave
Bridgeport CT, 06606, Fairfield County
Phone: 203-576-7553
Ranking: 
(701 out of 765, bottom 8%)*
(701 out of 765, bottom 8%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten 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: | 31 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 37 | 36 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 413 | 420 | 431 | 408 | 381 | 373 | 406 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 54 | 13.1% | 50 | 11.9% | 65 | 15.1% | 54 | 13.2% | 46 | 12.1% | 36 | 9.7% | 53 | 13.1% |
| Grade 1: | 53 | 12.8% | 37 | 8.8% | 53 | 12.3% | 48 | 11.8% | 45 | 11.8% | 49 | 13.1% | 39 | 9.6% |
| Grade 2: | 37 | 9.0% | 50 | 11.9% | 37 | 8.6% | 37 | 9.1% | 37 | 9.7% | 35 | 9.4% | 35 | 8.6% |
| Grade 3: | 43 | 10.4% | 36 | 8.6% | 37 | 8.6% | 38 | 9.3% | 41 | 10.8% | 39 | 10.5% | 35 | 8.6% |
| Grade 4: | 34 | 8.2% | 38 | 9.0% | 38 | 8.8% | 38 | 9.3% | 40 | 10.5% | 28 | 7.5% | 26 | 6.4% |
| Grade 5: | 33 | 8.0% | 43 | 10.2% | 38 | 8.8% | 41 | 10.0% | 27 | 7.1% | 36 | 9.7% | 31 | 7.6% |
| Grade 6: | 40 | 9.7% | 39 | 9.3% | 43 | 10.0% | 27 | 6.6% | 39 | 10.2% | 20 | 5.4% | 31 | 7.6% |
| Grade 7: | 61 | 14.8% | 72 | 17.1% | 53 | 12.3% | 68 | 16.7% | 51 | 13.4% | 59 | 15.8% | 83 | 20.4% |
| Grade 8: | 58 | 14.0% | 55 | 13.1% | 67 | 15.5% | 57 | 14.0% | 55 | 14.4% | 71 | 19.0% | 73 | 18.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 220 | 53.3% | 217 | 51.7% | 221 | 51.3% | 209 | 51.2% | 198 | 52.0% | 204 | 54.7% | 212 | 52.2% |
| Female: | 193 | 46.7% | 203 | 48.3% | 210 | 48.7% | 199 | 48.8% | 175 | 45.9% | 161 | 43.2% | 190 | 46.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 3 | 0.7% | 4 | 1.0% | 6 | 1.4% | 6 | 1.5% | 7 | 1.8% | 10 | 2.7% | 10 | 2.5% |
| Hispanic: | 168 | 40.7% | 156 | 37.1% | 166 | 38.5% | 156 | 38.2% | 134 | 35.2% | 119 | 31.9% | 124 | 30.5% |
| Black: | 232 | 56.2% | 245 | 58.3% | 244 | 56.6% | 235 | 57.6% | 222 | 58.3% | 233 | 62.5% | 264 | 65.0% |
| White: | 9 | 2.2% | 14 | 3.3% | 12 | 2.8% | 9 | 2.2% | 18 | 4.7% | 11 | 2.9% | 8 | 2.0% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 410 | 99.3% | 416 | 99.0% | 424 | 98.4% | 399 | 97.8% | 370 | 97.1% | 355 | 95.2% | 378 | 93.1% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.9% | 6 | 1.5% | 8 | 2.1% | 11 | 2.9% | 20 | 4.9% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.24 | 13.86 | 13.51 | 12.59 | 12.62 | 10.50 | 11.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CMT | ||||||
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 56.1% | 78.3% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 53.3% | 80.1% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 54.6% | 80.7% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 38.2% | 55.1% | 82.8% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.1% | 57.2% | 83.6% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 55.7% | 84.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 37.9% | 63.4% | 85.8% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 35.3% | 52.6% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45.9% | 42% | 69.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 40.5% | 39% | 69.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 37.1% | 39.4% | 68.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 32.4% | 39.6% | 71.1% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 36.8% | 41.2% | 72.3% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 28.6% | 40.6% | 74% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46.4% | 41.8% | 74.5% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 40.4% | 72.4% |
| 2006 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 62.7% | 81.7% |
| 2007 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 61.8% | 82.4% |
| 2008 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 60.4% | 82.9% |
| 2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 57.3% | 83.2% |
| 2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70% | 59.5% | 80.3% |
| 2011 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 54.6% | 81.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 59.4% | 83.2% |
| 2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 58.4% | 80.4% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 21.9% | 50.4% | 80.3% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.4% | 54.4% | 80.9% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 55.6% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 58.6% | 84.6% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 59% | 85.2% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 55.3% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 60.1% | 85.8% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.0% | 55.1% | 83.8% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 31.3% | 40.1% | 71.8% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 34.2% | 41.2% | 70.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 39.9% | 69.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 39.1% | 39.6% | 74.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 41.6% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 44.1% | 41% | 74.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 45.5% | 78.3% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.9% | 43.5% | 77.6% |
| 2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 66% | 84.2% |
| 2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 65.2% | 84.1% |
| 2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 64.3% | 84.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 65.1% | 85% |
| 2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 67.3% | 86.5% |
| 2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 73% | 63.2% | 85.4% |
| 2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.4% | 59.1% | 83.7% |
| 2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 60.9% | 83.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 30% | 61% | 80.8% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.4% | 57.4% | 82.5% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.2% | 57.5% | 83.1% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.5% | 63.3% | 85.9% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.6% | 66.5% | 87.8% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.4% | 64.8% | 87.6% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 61.6% | 85.7% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.0% | 57.8% | 84.4% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 25% | 43.1% | 72.8% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.1% | 41.4% | 73.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.3% | 41.5% | 74% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.5% | 45.7% | 77.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 20% | 39.5% | 75.4% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.2% | 40.9% | 75.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.4% | 48.1% | 79.7% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.6% | 46.8% | 79.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.9% | 47.9% | 81.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 57.9% | 82.9% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.5% | 50% | 82.5% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.6% | 51.2% | 82.4% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 40% | 51.7% | 82.4% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.0% | 49.2% | 81.7% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 45% | 67% | 85.3% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 64.5% | 85.7% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 71% | 65.4% | 85.7% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 68.9% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 71% | 87.3% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 68.9% | 88% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 70.1% | 88.5% |
| 2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 69.9% | 87.7% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 58.9% | 79.8% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.6% | 64% | 82.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.6% | 63.8% | 84.3% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 73% | 88.2% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 95% | 71.8% | 88.5% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 69.5% | 87.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 62.5% | 85.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 35.3% | 49.3% | 75.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 25% | 48.4% | 75.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.1% | 50.1% | 77.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 64.4% | 85.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90% | 64.5% | 86.5% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 61% | 84.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 42.4% | 59.3% | 84.5% |
| 2006 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 66.7% | 82.7% |
| 2007 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 68.6% | 83.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 66.3% | 82.9% |
| 2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 66.7% | 83.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 70.3% | 85.5% |
| 2011 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 73.2% | 86.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.1% | 65.4% | 84.9% |
| 2013 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.1% | 67.9% | 84.3% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 45% | 49% | 77.8% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.1% | 51.7% | 80.2% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.8% | 56.3% | 82.6% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 60.8% | 85.7% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 62% | 65.4% | 87.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 65.3% | 87.2% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 62.2% | 86.7% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 60.3% | 84.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.3% | 48.6% | 76.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 31% | 47.6% | 75.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.9% | 54.9% | 79.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 44% | 56.7% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 63.9% | 85.3% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 63% | 85.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 62.6% | 87.4% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.4% | 65.1% | 87.0% |
| 2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.6% | 60.5% | 80.9% |
| 2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.5% | 60.2% | 81.1% |
| 2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 56.5% | 80.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 57.9% | 80.9% |
| 2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 55.6% | 79.7% |
| 2011 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 53.3% | 79.8% |
| 2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 58.3% | 83.9% |
| 2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 62.1% | 83.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 38.3% | 45.3% | 78.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.3% | 52.3% | 80.8% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 50.1% | 81.2% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.6% | 55.1% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 61.6% | 86.6% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.6% | 60.7% | 86% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 64.2% | 87.1% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.6% | 62.8% | 86.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.5% | 48.9% | 76.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.1% | 44.1% | 76.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.9% | 47.2% | 77% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.8% | 46.5% | 80.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 32.8% | 52.3% | 82.6% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.9% | 58.4% | 83.4% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 59.2% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 59.8% | 85.7% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 25.4% | 37.1% | 75.2% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.5% | 40% | 76.6% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.8% | 43.4% | 76% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 35.1% | 41.8% | 75.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 23% | 46% | 77.1% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.9% | 42.6% | 76.5% |
| 2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 64.4% | 81.9% |
| 2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 58.9% | 82.5% |
| 2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.4% | 59.3% | 82.7% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 64.1% | 83.7% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 53.6% | 80.6% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 55.2% | 81.6% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.1% | 63.1% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.8% | 62.7% | 85.7% |
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* Cross School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.