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Helen Street School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

285 Helen St

Hamden CT, 06514, New Haven County

Phone: 203-407-2030

Ranking:

(664 out of 765, bottom 13%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Hamden 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		22		23		23		21		25		24
Total Students:	330		288		267		283		299		306		343
Prekindergarten:	27	8.2%	28	9.7%	14	5.2%	12	4.2%	15	5.0%	12	3.9%	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	44	13.3%	33	11.5%	41	15.4%	62	21.9%	42	14.0%	36	11.8%	60	17.5%
Grade 1:	39	11.8%	44	15.3%	50	18.7%	43	15.2%	32	10.7%	41	13.4%	44	12.8%
Grade 2:	52	15.8%	54	18.8%	39	14.6%	28	9.9%	43	14.4%	37	12.1%	39	11.4%
Grade 3:	58	17.6%	35	12.2%	27	10.1%	31	11.0%	32	10.7%	33	10.8%	42	12.2%
Grade 4:	41	12.4%	34	11.8%	31	11.6%	34	12.0%	36	12.0%	41	13.4%	65	19.0%
Grade 5:	34	10.3%	33	11.5%	30	11.2%	32	11.3%	41	13.7%	61	19.9%	42	12.2%
Grade 6:	35	10.6%	27	9.4%	35	13.1%	41	14.5%	58	19.4%	45	14.7%	51	14.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	183	55.5%	171	59.4%	159	59.6%	175	61.8%	168	56.2%	169	55.2%	192	56.0%
Female:	147	44.5%	117	40.6%	108	40.4%	108	38.2%	123	41.1%	129	42.2%	147	42.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	18	5.5%	8	2.8%	7	2.6%	9	3.2%	15	5.0%	15	4.9%	10	2.9%
Hispanic:	103	31.2%	93	32.3%	80	30.0%	85	30.0%	71	23.7%	72	23.5%	74	21.6%
Black:	131	39.7%	116	40.3%	100	37.5%	115	40.6%	135	45.2%	147	48.0%	164	47.8%
White:	56	17.0%	58	20.1%	67	25.1%	64	22.6%	78	26.1%	72	23.5%	95	27.7%
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:	21	6.4%	12	4.2%	12	4.5%	9	3.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	189	57.3%	151	52.4%	138	51.7%	114	40.3%	131	43.8%	140	45.8%	110	32.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	36	10.9%	43	14.9%	29	10.9%	28	9.9%	36	12.0%	30	9.8%	49	14.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.87		13.03		11.46		12.58		14.10		14.40		14.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CMT
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	47.2%	64.3%	78.3%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	48.2%	66.7%	80.1%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	57.8%	74.2%	80.7%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	54.5%	76.8%	82.8%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.3%	81%	83.6%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	82.1%	84.3%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	85.7%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	77.1%	82.7%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	44.4%	63%	69.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43.6%	61.6%	69.3%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40.9%	62.7%	68.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	39.4%	62.5%	71.1%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	34.3%	68.7%	72.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	70.1%	74%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	52.2%	68.3%	74.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.7%	67.2%	72.4%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	52.8%	73.8%	81.7%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	54.7%	74.8%	82.4%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	60.5%	77.8%	82.9%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	55.9%	68.9%	83.2%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	62.9%	77.4%	80.3%
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	79.4%	81.1%
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	79.2%	80.2%	83.2%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	73.4%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	44.1%	73.9%	80.3%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	41.9%	70.1%	80.9%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	45.9%	71.2%	81.5%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	64.9%	79.9%	84.6%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	61.1%	76.8%	85.2%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	63.3%	81.9%	85.2%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	79.6%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	58.6%	82.4%	83.8%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	33.9%	65.3%	71.8%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	39.5%	60%	70.6%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	36.1%	62.8%	69.7%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	35.1%	66.8%	74.4%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50%	68%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	46.7%	74.3%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	77.3%	78.3%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.6%	74.9%	77.6%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	62.1%	75%	84.2%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	62.8%	78%	84.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	57.6%	79%	84.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	68.3%	83.8%	85%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	81%	86.5%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	67.6%	80.5%	85.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	78.7%	83.7%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70.0%	76.8%	83.5%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58.7%	74.2%	80.8%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	80.2%	82.5%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	76%	83.1%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	72%	80.5%	85.9%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	75.7%	84.4%	87.8%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.1%	83.7%	87.6%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	86.1%	85.7%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67.7%	78.8%	84.4%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44.4%	61.1%	72.8%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.4%	69.3%	73.4%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	37.2%	63.6%	74%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.1%	71.9%	77.7%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38.9%	69.3%	75.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76%	70.6%	75.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	76.6%	79.7%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	77.2%	79.1%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55.8%	72.1%	81.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	57.4%	73.1%	82.9%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	43.9%	78.5%	82.5%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69.7%	75.7%	82.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.1%	79.6%	82.4%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	79.6%	81.7%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.1%	79.5%	85.3%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.4%	83.9%	85.7%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	75.7%	85.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	79.2%	86.5%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	84.4%	87.3%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.6%	82.7%	88%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	84.7%	88.5%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	85.4%	87.7%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61.2%	67%	79.8%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73.5%	76.8%	82.7%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	82.4%	85.2%	84.3%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	85.8%	86.8%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	81.4%	86.9%	88.2%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	76.3%	90.5%	88.5%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77.4%	86.9%	87.2%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	82.6%	87.9%	85.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.2%	68.5%	75.4%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.3%	68.3%	75.7%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.7%	77.3%	77.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.1%	79.6%	80.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.7%	81.6%	85.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.4%	88.7%	86.5%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	86.6%	84.8%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.6%	86.5%	84.5%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	55.1%	72.9%	82.7%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	73.5%	78.1%	83.8%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	92.2%	84.4%	82.9%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	65.9%	79.2%	83.1%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	68.5%	81.4%	85.5%
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	86.9%	86.1%
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	71.1%	81.4%	84.9%
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	86.2%	86.5%	84.3%

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* Helen Street 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.