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William J. Johnston Middle School
360 Norwich Ave
Colchester CT, 06415, New London County
Phone: 860-537-2313
Ranking:
(276 out of 765, top 36%)*

Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Colchester School District
Title I Eligible School: No
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: | 52 | 51 | 54 | 55 | 60 | 66 | 62 | |||||||
Total Students: | 668 | 701 | 700 | 705 | 761 | 763 | 800 | |||||||
Grade 6: | 197 | 29.5% | 229 | 32.7% | 234 | 33.4% | 220 | 31.2% | 251 | 33.0% | 232 | 30.4% | 264 | 33.0% |
Grade 7: | 230 | 34.4% | 245 | 35.0% | 224 | 32.0% | 241 | 34.2% | 244 | 32.1% | 267 | 35.0% | 272 | 34.0% |
Grade 8: | 241 | 36.1% | 227 | 32.4% | 242 | 34.6% | 244 | 34.6% | 266 | 35.0% | 264 | 34.6% | 264 | 33.0% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 334 | 50.0% | 358 | 51.1% | 343 | 49.0% | 350 | 49.6% | 368 | 48.4% | 368 | 48.2% | 369 | 46.1% |
Female: | 334 | 50.0% | 343 | 48.9% | 357 | 51.0% | 355 | 50.4% | 385 | 50.6% | 387 | 50.7% | 427 | 53.4% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 5 | 0.7% | 8 | 1.1% | 7 | 1.0% | 10 | 1.4% | 6 | 0.8% | 6 | 0.8% | 4 | 0.5% |
Asian: | 15 | 2.2% | 14 | 2.0% | 14 | 2.0% | 10 | 1.4% | 13 | 1.7% | 8 | 1.0% | 8 | 1.0% |
Hispanic: | 27 | 4.0% | 30 | 4.3% | 32 | 4.6% | 39 | 5.5% | 42 | 5.5% | 35 | 4.6% | 28 | 3.5% |
Black: | 17 | 2.5% | 19 | 2.7% | 23 | 3.3% | 24 | 3.4% | 29 | 3.8% | 31 | 4.1% | 33 | 4.1% |
White: | 596 | 89.2% | 622 | 88.7% | 621 | 88.7% | 621 | 88.1% | 671 | 88.2% | 683 | 89.5% | 727 | 90.9% |
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: | 8 | 1.2% | 8 | 1.1% | 3 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 82 | 12.3% | 86 | 12.3% | 76 | 10.9% | 62 | 8.8% | 53 | 7.0% | 54 | 7.1% | 52 | 6.5% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 22 | 3.3% | 21 | 3.0% | 17 | 2.4% | 34 | 4.8% | 37 | 4.9% | 30 | 3.9% | 30 | 3.8% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 12.94 | 13.64 | 12.98 | 12.78 | 12.73 | 12.60 | 12.90 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
CMT | ||||||
2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 93.9% | 79.8% |
2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 91.2% | 82.7% |
2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 90% | 90% | 84.3% |
2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 94.8% | 86.8% |
2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 95.5% | 88.2% |
2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 94.5% | 88.5% |
2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 94% | 93.6% | 87.2% |
2013 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 93.8% | 85.9% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87% | 86.7% | 75.4% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 78.2% | 75.7% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87% | 87% | 77.6% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83% | 83% | 80.3% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 94.6% | 85.5% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 91.3% | 86.5% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91% | 91.1% | 84.8% |
2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 93.4% | 84.5% |
2006 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 93.2% | 82.7% |
2007 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 89.5% | 83.8% |
2008 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 90.4% | 82.9% |
2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 81.5% | 83.1% |
2010 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 93.1% | 85.5% |
2011 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 94.5% | 86.1% |
2012 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 90.8% | 84.9% |
2013 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 94.3% | 84.3% |
2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 86.4% | 77.8% |
2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 93% | 80.2% |
2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 91.5% | 82.6% |
2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 93.5% | 85.7% |
2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.9% | 95% | 87.4% |
2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 95.3% | 87.2% |
2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 91% | 86.7% |
2013 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 91.4% | 84.9% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 82.9% | 76.4% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 83% | 75.5% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 89.2% | 79.7% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 93.4% | 83.4% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.4% | 92.4% | 85.3% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 94.4% | 85.7% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.7% | 93.3% | 87.4% |
2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 95.9% | 87.0% |
2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 87.2% | 80.9% |
2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 90.4% | 81.1% |
2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 84.8% | 80.1% |
2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 90.5% | 80.9% |
2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 82.5% | 79.7% |
2011 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 92.8% | 79.8% |
2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 93.7% | 83.9% |
2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 89.5% | 83.2% |
2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 89.1% | 78.9% |
2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 92.1% | 80.8% |
2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 92.1% | 81.2% |
2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 90.5% | 84.5% |
2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 95% | 95% | 86.6% |
2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 94.2% | 86% |
2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 95.2% | 87.1% |
2013 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 92.9% | 86.1% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 83% | 76.6% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 80.7% | 76.4% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 90.2% | 77% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85% | 84.7% | 80.5% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 94.1% | 82.6% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 88.4% | 83.4% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93% | 92.6% | 86.2% |
2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 93.8% | 85.7% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 88.7% | 75.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 86.4% | 76.6% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 92% | 92% | 76% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 86.5% | 75.9% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 90.1% | 77.1% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 89.3% | 76.5% |
2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.4% | 91.7% | 81.9% |
2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 88.6% | 82.5% |
2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 93.3% | 82.7% |
2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 83% | 83.7% |
2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 93.1% | 80.6% |
2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 87.2% | 81.6% |
2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.1% | 95.7% | 86.2% |
2013 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.4% | 96.4% | 85.7% |
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* William J. Johnston Middle School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.