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Bethel School District

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Bethel School District is located in west Connecticut. Bethel School District has 16.89 square miles of land area and 0.04 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Bethel School District population is 19,078. Bethel School District median household income is $85,377 in 2010-2014. Bethel School District median house value is $337,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Bethel School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (46 out of 121, top 38%) Elementary/Middle School: (41 out of 162, top 25%)* Rank: #55
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	19,078 (2010-2014), rank #65
Population Growth	3.45% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,127.05/sq mi, rank #37
Median Household Income:	$85,377 at 2010-2014—2.11% increase since 2005-2009, rank #63
Median House Price:	$337,000 at 2010-2014—-10.40% increase since 2005-2009, rank #45
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	16.89 sq mi, rank #139
Water Area:	0.04 sq mi (0.23%), rank #164
State:	Connecticut
County:	Fairfield County
City:	Bethel, Danbury
Zip:	06801, 06810
Area:	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT

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Bethel School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1 School St

Bethel CT, 06801, Fairfield County

Phone: 203-794-8601

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,989	2,975	2,971	2,939	3,042	3,073	3,144
English Language Learner Students:	73	80	79	72	95	98	118
Total Teachers:	242.92	246.51	246.98	243.43	246.48	267.90	222.30
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	7.00	6.00	8.00	7.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Elementary:	147.17	152.41	149.29	145.69	147.69	161.70	131.10
Secondary:	82.95	82.79	84.49	86.14	87.19	94.30	78.30
Ungraded:	5.80	5.31	5.20	4.60	5.60	5.90	6.90
Total Other Staff:	209.87	224.67	223.00	232.00	228.70	207.60	227.80
Instructional Aides:	54.00	53.00	53.00	54.00	52.60	54.00	53.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	17.17	15.97	14.60	12.60	13.60	7.00	11.10
Total Guidance Counselors:	8.30	7.50	7.40	7.40	7.40	7.60	9.90
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.40	4.40	4.20	4.20	4.20	4.40	5.90
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.90	3.10	3.20	3.20	3.20	3.20	4.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.00	4.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00
Library/Media Support:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrators:	NA	7.60	8.00	9.00	8.10	5.00	3.10
District Administrative Support:	NA	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00
School Administrators:	9.00	9.20	9.00	9.00	9.00	0.00	14.70
School Administrative Support:	17.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
Student Support Services:	8.40	8.40	9.00	9.00	9.00	10.00	10.00
Other Support Services:	87.00	90.00	90.00	98.00	96.00	90.00	92.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.30	12.07	12.03	12.07	12.34	11.47	14.14

Schools

Anna H. Rockwell School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	400 Whittlesey Dr, Bethel CT 06801
Bethel High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	300 Whittlesey Dr, Bethel CT 06801
Bethel Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	600 Whittlesey Dr, Bethel CT 06801
Frank A. Berry School	Prekindergarten to Grade 3	200 Whittlesey Dr, Bethel CT 06801
Ralph M. T. Johnson School	Grade 4 to Grade 5	500 Whittlesey Dr, Bethel CT 06801

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
CAPT Test
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	89.1%	77.2%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	90.2%	79.7%
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	88.1%	78.4%
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	88.9%	78.8%
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	91.3%	80.3%
2012	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	87.3%	78.8%
2013	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	85.8%	78.6%
2007	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	91.4%	79.7%
2008	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	90.5%	82.7%
2009	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	92.6%	81.8%
2010	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	94.4%	82.9%
2011	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	93%	81.9%
2012	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	90.3%	80.9%
2013	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	89.0%	81.0%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	92.4%	81.4%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	89.9%	80.5%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	85.9%	78.4%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	91.9%	81.5%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	90.9%	81.7%
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	86.6%	80.2%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	87.0%	81.7%
2007	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	91.1%	82.2%
2008	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	93.5%	88.2%
2009	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	94.7%	86.5%
2010	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	96.6%	86.2%
2011	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	96.1%	88.6%
2012	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	97.9%	88.8%
2013	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	94.2%	88.9%
CMT Test
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	97.2%	78.3%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94.1%	80.1%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93.6%	80.7%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95.6%	82.8%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95.2%	83.6%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	84.3%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94.8%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96.5%	82.7%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	69.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	69.3%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	68.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.5%	71.1%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	72.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	74%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	74.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.6%	72.4%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	94.3%	81.7%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	82.4%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	90.5%	82.9%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	95.2%	83.2%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	80.3%
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	81.1%
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	92.2%	83.2%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	95.9%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	80.3%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	80.9%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94%	81.5%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96.6%	84.6%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	85.2%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94.4%	85.2%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	97.2%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	83.8%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	71.8%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	70.6%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.2%	69.7%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.6%	74.4%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	78.3%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	77.6%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	84.2%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96.2%	84.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	84.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	85%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	86.5%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96.1%	85.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96.7%	83.7%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90.2%	83.5%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94.6%	80.8%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91.4%	82.5%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92.9%	83.1%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97.7%	85.9%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95.8%	87.8%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96.8%	87.6%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93%	85.7%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94.2%	84.4%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	72.8%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	73.4%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	74%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.2%	77.7%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.4%	75.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	75.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.1%	79.7%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.3%	79.1%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.9%	81.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96.1%	82.9%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96.8%	82.5%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	97.2%	82.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.5%	82.4%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95.7%	81.7%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	92.9%	85.3%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	96.3%	85.7%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	94.8%	85.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	95.6%	86.5%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	95.4%	87.3%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	98.6%	88%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	96.6%	88.5%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	96.1%	87.7%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	91.7%	79.8%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	94.4%	82.7%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	94.8%	84.3%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	96.7%	86.8%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	95.4%	88.2%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	97.2%	88.5%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	95.5%	87.2%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	96.1%	85.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.8%	75.4%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.8%	75.7%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.6%	77.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.3%	80.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.6%	85.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	95.8%	86.5%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90%	84.8%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.5%	84.5%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	93.3%	82.7%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	90.5%	83.8%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	88.4%	82.9%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	90.7%	83.1%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	93.3%	85.5%
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	95%	86.1%
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	91.4%	84.9%
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	91.9%	84.3%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	89.2%	77.8%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	90.3%	80.2%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	92.8%	82.6%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	93.8%	85.7%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	96.7%	87.4%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	98.7%	87.2%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	95.4%	86.7%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	90.7%	84.9%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.6%	76.4%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.8%	75.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89%	79.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.6%	83.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.6%	85.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	95%	85.7%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	97.7%	87.4%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.0%	87.0%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89.8%	80.9%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	88.8%	81.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89.9%	80.1%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90.2%	80.9%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	88.7%	79.7%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91.2%	79.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92.2%	83.9%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90.7%	83.2%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	78.9%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	90.1%	80.8%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	81.2%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	96.9%	84.5%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	95.4%	86.6%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	96.3%	86%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	97.9%	87.1%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	96.3%	86.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.7%	76.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	76.4%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.6%	77%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.5%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.5%	82.6%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.2%	83.4%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.5%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.3%	85.7%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.8%	75.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.4%	76.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	76%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	75.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89.3%	77.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.7%	76.5%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.3%	81.9%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	82.5%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	82.7%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	93.2%	83.7%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.4%	80.6%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.3%	81.6%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	86.2%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	93.2%	85.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$50,701,000	$17,065		$48,925,000	$16,647		$48,485,000	$15,939
Federal:	$1,719,000	$579	3.4%	$2,156,000	$734	4.4%	$2,990,000	$983	6.2%
State:	$13,955,000	$4,697	27.5%	$12,345,000	$4,200	25.2%	$12,728,000	$4,184	26.3%
Local:	$35,027,000	$11,790	69.1%	$34,424,000	$11,713	70.4%	$32,767,000	$10,772	67.6%
Total Expenditures:	$50,084,000	$16,858		$47,633,000	$16,207		$47,230,000	$15,526
Total Current Expenditures:	$47,120,000	$15,860		$45,189,000	$15,376		$44,502,000	$14,629
Instructional Expenditures:	$27,813,000	$9,361	59.0%	$27,316,000	$9,294	60.4%	$26,629,000	$8,754	59.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$7,069,000	$2,379	15.0%	$6,113,000	$2,080	13.5%	$6,062,000	$1,993	13.6%
Administration:	$4,409,000	$1,484	9.4%	$4,302,000	$1,464	9.5%	$4,163,000	$1,369	9.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$7,829,000	$2,635	16.6%	$7,458,000	$2,538	16.5%	$7,648,000	$2,514	17.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$625,000	$210		$591,000	$201		$735,000	$242
Construction:	$309,000	$104		$377,000	$128		$577,000	$190
Total Other:	$46,000	$15		$46,000	$16		$46,000	$15
Interest on Debt:	$820,000	$276		$120,000	$41		$385,000	$127

Total Salary:	$27,400,000	$9,222		$27,080,000	$9,214		$26,933,000	$8,854
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$18,628,000	$6,270	68.0%	$18,981,000	$6,458	70.1%	$19,003,000	$6,247	70.6%
Other Salary:	$8,772,000	$2,953	32.0%	$8,099,000	$2,756	29.9%	$7,930,000	$2,607	29.4%
Total Benefit:	$12,512,000	$4,211		$10,950,000	$3,726		$10,464,000	$3,440
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$8,529,000	$2,871	68.2%	$7,684,000	$2,614	70.2%	$7,006,000	$2,303	67.0%
Other Benefit:	$3,983,000	$1,341	31.8%	$3,266,000	$1,111	29.8%	$3,458,000	$1,137	33.0%

* Bethel School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.