Truman School
311 Valley St
New Haven CT, 06515, New Haven County
Phone: 203-946-8607
Ranking: 
(743 out of 765, bottom 3%)*
(743 out of 765, bottom 3%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8
School District: New 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: | 32 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 45 | 35 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 461 | 499 | 527 | 528 | 549 | 554 | 620 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 44 | 9.5% | 70 | 14.0% | 83 | 15.7% | 78 | 14.8% | 87 | 15.8% | 77 | 13.9% | 81 | 13.1% |
| Kindergarten: | 51 | 11.1% | 53 | 10.6% | 51 | 9.7% | 51 | 9.7% | 50 | 9.1% | 48 | 8.7% | 51 | 8.2% |
| Grade 1: | 50 | 10.8% | 47 | 9.4% | 54 | 10.2% | 51 | 9.7% | 53 | 9.7% | 48 | 8.7% | 53 | 8.5% |
| Grade 2: | 49 | 10.6% | 49 | 9.8% | 47 | 8.9% | 48 | 9.1% | 45 | 8.2% | 49 | 8.8% | 48 | 7.7% |
| Grade 3: | 50 | 10.8% | 47 | 9.4% | 43 | 8.2% | 46 | 8.7% | 40 | 7.3% | 44 | 7.9% | 48 | 7.7% |
| Grade 4: | 52 | 11.3% | 42 | 8.4% | 51 | 9.7% | 48 | 9.1% | 54 | 9.8% | 53 | 9.6% | 66 | 10.6% |
| Grade 5: | 42 | 9.1% | 44 | 8.8% | 44 | 8.3% | 43 | 8.1% | 48 | 8.7% | 57 | 10.3% | 57 | 9.2% |
| Grade 6: | 41 | 8.9% | 44 | 8.8% | 49 | 9.3% | 47 | 8.9% | 59 | 10.7% | 63 | 11.4% | 64 | 10.3% |
| Grade 7: | 36 | 7.8% | 51 | 10.2% | 50 | 9.5% | 58 | 11.0% | 60 | 10.9% | 47 | 8.5% | 72 | 11.6% |
| Grade 8: | 46 | 10.0% | 52 | 10.4% | 55 | 10.4% | 58 | 11.0% | 53 | 9.7% | 68 | 12.3% | 80 | 12.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 239 | 51.8% | 257 | 51.5% | 271 | 51.4% | 258 | 48.9% | 267 | 48.6% | 267 | 48.2% | 308 | 49.7% |
| Female: | 222 | 48.2% | 242 | 48.5% | 256 | 48.6% | 270 | 51.1% | 274 | 49.9% | 279 | 50.4% | 308 | 49.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Hispanic: | 382 | 82.9% | 387 | 77.6% | 403 | 76.5% | 393 | 74.4% | 417 | 76.0% | 399 | 72.0% | 437 | 70.5% |
| Black: | 68 | 14.8% | 94 | 18.8% | 111 | 21.1% | 118 | 22.3% | 120 | 21.9% | 144 | 26.0% | 168 | 27.1% |
| White: | 6 | 1.3% | 11 | 2.2% | 11 | 2.1% | 16 | 3.0% | 10 | 1.8% | 10 | 1.8% | 14 | 2.3% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 1 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 378 | 82.0% | 438 | 87.8% | 390 | 74.0% | 472 | 89.4% | 435 | 79.2% | 478 | 86.3% | 461 | 74.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 6 | 1.3% | 17 | 3.4% | 17 | 3.2% | 22 | 4.2% | 29 | 5.3% | 40 | 7.2% | 25 | 4.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.50 | 16.75 | 16.37 | 16.20 | 15.87 | 14.70 | 17.80 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CMT | ||||||
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.9% | 59.4% | 78.3% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 64.1% | 80.1% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43.2% | 63.5% | 80.7% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 60.3% | 82.8% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 62.7% | 83.6% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 67.5% | 84.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 69.7% | 85.8% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 28.9% | 58.0% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 22.9% | 32.2% | 69.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 30% | 38.8% | 69.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 27.3% | 36.7% | 68.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 28.6% | 38.3% | 71.1% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 20.6% | 41.3% | 72.3% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46.3% | 49.9% | 74% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 28.9% | 51.4% | 74.5% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 22.2% | 42.3% | 72.4% |
| 2006 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 42.3% | 57.4% | 81.7% |
| 2007 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 61.8% | 82.4% |
| 2008 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.4% | 64.8% | 82.9% |
| 2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.1% | 60.3% | 83.2% |
| 2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 47.4% | 56.7% | 80.3% |
| 2011 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 63% | 81.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61% | 67% | 83.2% |
| 2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.7% | 59.5% | 80.4% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 50% | 62.9% | 80.3% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 57.6% | 80.9% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.8% | 67.8% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 66% | 84.6% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.8% | 67.4% | 85.2% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 67.4% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.6% | 65.5% | 85.8% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.8% | 61.4% | 83.8% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 26.3% | 38.9% | 71.8% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 23.4% | 34.9% | 70.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 27.9% | 42.1% | 69.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 26.1% | 48.1% | 74.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 35.6% | 44.7% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 30% | 49.1% | 74.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 36.2% | 50.4% | 78.3% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 51.4% | 77.6% |
| 2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 44.7% | 67.1% | 84.2% |
| 2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 58.1% | 84.1% |
| 2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 68.2% | 84.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.6% | 67.2% | 85% |
| 2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 71.5% | 86.5% |
| 2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.4% | 68.3% | 85.4% |
| 2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 62% | 64% | 83.7% |
| 2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.4% | 66.9% | 83.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.2% | 59.8% | 80.8% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.5% | 63.8% | 82.5% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 61.5% | 83.1% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 36% | 67% | 85.9% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.7% | 68.4% | 87.8% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 72% | 87.6% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 66.2% | 85.7% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 65.1% | 84.4% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.8% | 41.8% | 72.8% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 20.6% | 44.1% | 73.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.1% | 43.3% | 74% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 19.6% | 54.1% | 77.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 7.5% | 47.7% | 75.4% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 40.5% | 49.5% | 75.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.7% | 58.2% | 79.7% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 56.7% | 79.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.2% | 53.8% | 81.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.9% | 59.5% | 82.9% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.4% | 55.9% | 82.5% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.7% | 58.9% | 82.4% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 59.5% | 82.4% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 58.0% | 81.7% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 70.8% | 85.3% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 67.3% | 85.7% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 39% | 61.3% | 85.7% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.6% | 68.9% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 70.2% | 87.3% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 74.1% | 88% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 77.9% | 88.5% |
| 2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 76.8% | 87.7% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 48% | 55.9% | 79.8% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 47.2% | 62% | 82.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 49.2% | 68.4% | 84.3% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 68.3% | 86.8% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 74.2% | 88.2% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 72.7% | 88.5% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 72.7% | 87.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 72.0% | 85.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 35.6% | 46.9% | 75.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 31.4% | 49% | 75.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 23.4% | 52% | 77.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 56.7% | 80.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 74.4% | 85.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 72.9% | 86.5% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 72.1% | 84.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 69.2% | 84.5% |
| 2006 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 64.4% | 82.7% |
| 2007 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 41.4% | 65.9% | 83.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 64.1% | 82.9% |
| 2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 63.2% | 83.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.7% | 71.2% | 85.5% |
| 2011 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.4% | 71.3% | 86.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 69.3% | 84.9% |
| 2013 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 70.0% | 84.3% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 40% | 49.9% | 77.8% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 58.7% | 80.2% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.8% | 62.8% | 82.6% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.4% | 70.3% | 85.7% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 70.8% | 87.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 64% | 75.2% | 87.2% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.1% | 70.2% | 86.7% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.8% | 70.8% | 84.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 23.1% | 45.9% | 76.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 35.2% | 47.3% | 75.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 42% | 55.7% | 79.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.1% | 67.3% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.8% | 66.3% | 85.3% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 64% | 75% | 85.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 74.3% | 87.4% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.0% | 73.4% | 87.0% |
| 2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.2% | 62.3% | 80.9% |
| 2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.9% | 60.9% | 81.1% |
| 2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.6% | 55.1% | 80.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 60.9% | 80.9% |
| 2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.4% | 51.8% | 79.7% |
| 2011 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.9% | 57.1% | 79.8% |
| 2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.6% | 66.9% | 83.9% |
| 2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.2% | 63.7% | 83.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 55% | 78.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 44% | 54.8% | 80.8% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 62.1% | 81.2% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 65.1% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 38.6% | 71.6% | 86.6% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 69.2% | 86% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.6% | 73.2% | 87.1% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.2% | 72.0% | 86.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.9% | 49.5% | 76.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 24% | 46.9% | 76.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 44% | 51.2% | 77% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 38.3% | 58.5% | 80.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.3% | 66.5% | 82.6% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.7% | 67.7% | 83.4% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 74.9% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 72.8% | 85.7% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 38.7% | 45.4% | 75.2% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 29.4% | 44.7% | 76.6% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.4% | 48.5% | 76% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 30.6% | 52.5% | 75.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 38% | 56.5% | 77.1% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.4% | 53.2% | 76.5% |
| 2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 63.3% | 81.9% |
| 2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.9% | 59.9% | 82.5% |
| 2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.8% | 58.3% | 82.7% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 38.8% | 61.4% | 83.7% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 30.8% | 55.3% | 80.6% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 35% | 58.2% | 81.6% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 70.7% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.0% | 70.1% | 85.7% |
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* Truman School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.