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Forest School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

95 Burwell Rd

West Haven CT, 06516, New Haven County

Phone: 203-931-6800

Ranking:

(622 out of 765, bottom 19%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

School District: West 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:	36		35		34		31		34		35		31
Total Students:	466		453		476		464		461		438		442
Prekindergarten:	21	4.5%	14	3.1%	14	2.9%	17	3.7%	14	3.0%	11	2.5%	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	94	20.2%	101	22.3%	104	21.8%	105	22.6%	86	18.7%	65	14.8%	76	17.2%
Grade 1:	97	20.8%	97	21.4%	96	20.2%	86	18.5%	78	16.9%	92	21.0%	74	16.7%
Grade 2:	87	18.7%	87	19.2%	75	15.8%	90	19.4%	88	19.1%	66	15.1%	83	18.8%
Grade 3:	92	19.7%	68	15.0%	89	18.7%	99	21.3%	63	13.7%	79	18.0%	65	14.7%
Grade 4:	75	16.1%	86	19.0%	98	20.6%	67	14.4%	72	15.6%	60	13.7%	74	16.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	229	49.1%	228	50.3%	245	51.5%	253	54.5%	248	53.8%	245	55.9%	230	52.0%
Female:	237	50.9%	225	49.7%	231	48.5%	211	45.5%	205	44.5%	185	42.2%	208	47.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	1	0.2%
Asian:	17	3.6%	19	4.2%	23	4.8%	21	4.5%	18	3.9%	17	3.9%	14	3.2%
Hispanic:	205	44.0%	196	43.3%	190	39.9%	189	40.7%	169	36.7%	154	35.2%	147	33.3%
Black:	136	29.2%	127	28.0%	135	28.4%	128	27.6%	149	32.3%	152	34.7%	162	36.7%
White:	83	17.8%	95	21.0%	107	22.5%	106	22.8%	125	27.1%	113	25.8%	118	26.7%
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:	25	5.4%	16	3.5%	21	4.4%	20	4.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	302	64.8%	266	58.7%	294	61.8%	299	64.4%	208	45.1%	213	48.6%	202	45.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	31	6.7%	38	8.4%	52	10.9%	51	11.0%	46	10.0%	57	13.0%	62	14.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.13		12.94		13.92		14.87		13.44		13.90		14.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CMT
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66.3%	76%	78.3%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	60.5%	75.1%	80.1%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76.7%	74.8%	80.7%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.3%	77.9%	82.8%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79.6%	79.9%	83.6%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86.5%	75.2%	84.3%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	64.9%	76.1%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65.0%	74.4%	82.7%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.1%	63.1%	69.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.9%	62%	69.3%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.3%	66.5%	68.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.2%	66.7%	71.1%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.8%	66.1%	72.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.6%	63.4%	74%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.1%	64.5%	74.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.6%	65.7%	72.4%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	76.7%	81.7%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	73.3%	80.7%	82.4%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	80.4%	82.9%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	76.9%	86.1%	83.2%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	65.6%	77.8%	80.3%
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	71.3%	74.3%	81.1%
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	58.8%	75.2%	83.2%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	50.7%	70.8%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67.1%	78.1%	80.3%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	60.3%	77.7%	80.9%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	72.7%	81.5%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	80.7%	84.6%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	77.8%	85.2%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	79%	85.2%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85.9%	79.5%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66.2%	75.4%	83.8%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.2%	65.8%	71.8%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.1%	68.9%	70.6%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56%	62.9%	69.7%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.5%	66.6%	74.4%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.4%	64.6%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.3%	68%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.2%	68.1%	78.3%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.3%	69.3%	77.6%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	84.4%	84.2%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	83.9%	84.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	83%	84.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72.9%	83.9%	85%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	80.6%	86.5%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72.6%	80.9%	85.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72.6%	77.3%	83.7%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	67.1%	79.4%	83.5%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	81.2%	80.8%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.1%	79.9%	82.5%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	82.3%	83.1%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86.5%	81.1%	85.9%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	86.8%	87.8%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	70.2%	72.8%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.2%	66%	73.4%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	72%	74%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	72.8%	77.7%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.4%	69%	75.4%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.4%	81.9%	81.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86.9%	84.2%	82.9%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	80.1%	82.5%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	86.2%	85.3%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	84.7%	85.7%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	88.6%	91.1%	85.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82%	89.2%	86.5%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	85.7%	87.3%

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* Forest 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.