Dr. Helen Baldwin Middle School
45 Westminster Rd
Canterbury CT, 06331, Windham County
Phone: 860-546-9421
Ranking:
(207 out of 765, top 27%)*

Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8
School District: Canterbury 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: | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 23 | |||||||
Total Students: | 233 | 231 | 217 | 206 | 222 | 242 | 261 | |||||||
Grade 5: | 67 | 28.8% | 67 | 29.0% | 62 | 28.6% | 46 | 22.3% | 54 | 24.3% | 50 | 20.7% | 71 | 27.2% |
Grade 6: | 60 | 25.8% | 61 | 26.4% | 47 | 21.7% | 53 | 25.7% | 51 | 23.0% | 63 | 26.0% | 61 | 23.4% |
Grade 7: | 59 | 25.3% | 47 | 20.3% | 56 | 25.8% | 49 | 23.8% | 63 | 28.4% | 58 | 24.0% | 70 | 26.8% |
Grade 8: | 47 | 20.2% | 56 | 24.2% | 52 | 24.0% | 58 | 28.2% | 54 | 24.3% | 71 | 29.3% | 59 | 22.6% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 139 | 59.7% | 126 | 54.5% | 122 | 56.2% | 114 | 55.3% | 113 | 50.9% | 131 | 54.1% | 149 | 57.1% |
Female: | 94 | 40.3% | 105 | 45.5% | 95 | 43.8% | 92 | 44.7% | 101 | 45.5% | 103 | 42.6% | 108 | 41.4% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.5% | 4 | 1.8% | 3 | 1.2% | 2 | 0.8% |
Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.5% | 2 | 1.0% | 2 | 0.9% | 3 | 1.2% | 2 | 0.8% |
Hispanic: | 12 | 5.2% | 13 | 5.6% | 13 | 6.0% | 9 | 4.4% | 6 | 2.7% | 5 | 2.1% | 4 | 1.5% |
Black: | 2 | 0.9% | 4 | 1.7% | 3 | 1.4% | 4 | 1.9% | 4 | 1.8% | 5 | 2.1% | 6 | 2.3% |
White: | 210 | 90.1% | 206 | 89.2% | 198 | 91.2% | 190 | 92.2% | 206 | 92.8% | 226 | 93.4% | 247 | 94.6% |
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: | 9 | 3.9% | 7 | 3.0% | 2 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 40 | 17.2% | 43 | 18.6% | 28 | 12.9% | 24 | 11.7% | 25 | 11.3% | 24 | 9.9% | 27 | 10.3% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 20 | 8.6% | 21 | 9.1% | 10 | 4.6% | 18 | 8.7% | 13 | 5.9% | 10 | 4.1% | 14 | 5.4% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 10.59 | 10.50 | 10.43 | 9.90 | 11.21 | 11.50 | 11.30 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
CMT | ||||||
2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 82.2% | 80.8% |
2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 86.2% | 82.5% |
2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 98% | 98% | 85.9% |
2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 94.4% | 87.8% |
2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 93.8% | 87.6% |
2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 83.3% | 85.7% |
2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 93.9% | 84.4% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 77.8% | 72.8% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 79.3% | 73.4% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 90.2% | 77.7% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 83.3% | 75.4% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87% | 85.1% | 75.1% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 84.7% | 79.7% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 87.9% | 79.1% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 98.1% | 82.9% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.4% | 96.4% | 82.5% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 97.9% | 82.4% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 90.3% | 82.4% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 89.6% | 81.7% |
2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 94.5% | 85.3% |
2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 84.5% | 85.7% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 98.1% | 86.5% |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 98.2% | 87.3% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 97.9% | 88% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 95.2% | 88.5% |
2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.0% | 97.0% | 87.7% |
2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 83.3% | 79.8% |
2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 87.5% | 82.7% |
2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 94.8% | 84.3% |
2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 98.3% | 98.3% | 86.8% |
2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 98% | 96.1% | 88.2% |
2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 98.2% | 88.5% |
2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 97.8% | 95.7% | 87.2% |
2013 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 86.4% | 85.9% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 81.8% | 75.4% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 84.7% | 75.7% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 93.1% | 77.6% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 93% | 80.3% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 93.9% | 85.5% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 89.3% | 86.5% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 97.8% | 95.7% | 84.8% |
2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 89.7% | 84.5% |
2006 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 84.8% | 82.7% |
2007 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 88.9% | 83.8% |
2008 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 91.4% | 82.9% |
2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 93.3% | 83.1% |
2010 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 90.4% | 85.5% |
2011 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 94.7% | 86.1% |
2012 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 89.8% | 84.9% |
2013 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 86.9% | 84.3% |
2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 94% | 92.6% | 77.8% |
2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 90.6% | 80.2% |
2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 91.2% | 82.6% |
2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 94.3% | 85.7% |
2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 98.3% | 98.3% | 87.4% |
2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 100% | 100% | 87.2% |
2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 98.2% | 86.7% |
2013 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 100.0% | 97.9% | 84.9% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 80.9% | 76.4% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 81.3% | 75.5% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 92.6% | 79.7% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 92.3% | 83.4% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 98.3% | 85.3% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 93.9% | 85.7% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 98.2% | 87.4% |
2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 91.5% | 87.0% |
2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 91.2% | 80.9% |
2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 84.4% | 81.1% |
2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 91.2% | 80.1% |
2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 92.6% | 80.9% |
2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 96.7% | 96.8% | 79.7% |
2011 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 92% | 92% | 79.8% |
2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 98.2% | 83.9% |
2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 97.8% | 93.6% | 83.2% |
2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 80.6% | 78.9% |
2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.8% | 95.2% | 80.8% |
2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 91.3% | 81.2% |
2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 93.9% | 84.5% |
2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 92.5% | 86.6% |
2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 98.3% | 98.3% | 86% |
2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 100% | 100% | 87.1% |
2013 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 96.4% | 86.1% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 66.2% | 76.6% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 84.1% | 76.4% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 88.4% | 77% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 85.3% | 80.5% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 100% | 98.1% | 82.6% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 91.7% | 83.4% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94% | 94% | 86.2% |
2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 92.9% | 85.7% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 92.8% | 75.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 91.3% | 76.6% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 96.3% | 76% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 93.3% | 75.9% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 94.1% | 77.1% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 92.9% | 76.5% |
2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 82.4% | 81.9% |
2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 88.9% | 82.5% |
2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 88.4% | 82.7% |
2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 95.6% | 83.7% |
2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 85.2% | 80.6% |
2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.7% | 96.7% | 81.6% |
2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.1% | 96.1% | 86.2% |
2013 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 96.4% | 85.7% |
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* Dr. Helen Baldwin Middle School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.