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Newtown School District

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Newtown School District is located in west Connecticut. Newtown School District has 57.66 square miles of land area and 1.41 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Newtown School District population is 27,960. Newtown School District median household income is $108,667 in 2010-2014. Newtown School District median house value is $417,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Newtown School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (28 out of 121, top 23%) Elementary/Middle School: (12 out of 162, top 7%)* Rank: #26
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	9
Population	27,960 (2010-2014), rank #39
Population Growth	4.80% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	473.36/sq mi, rank #77
Median Household Income:	$108,667 at 2010-2014—0.36% increase since 2005-2009, rank #20
Median House Price:	$417,100 at 2010-2014—-13.55% increase since 2005-2009, rank #21
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	57.66 sq mi, rank #15
Water Area:	1.41 sq mi (2.39%), rank #48
State:	Connecticut
County:	Fairfield County
City:	Sandy Hook, Newtown
Zip:	06482, 06470
Area:	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT

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Newtown School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

4 Fairfield Circle South

Newtown CT, 06470, Fairfield County

Phone: 203-426-7620

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,894	5,137	5,298	5,451	5,490	5,602	5,628
English Language Learner Students:	16	17	13	8	13	11	1
Total Teachers:	390.36	389.60	380.33	372.69	386.10	418.40	358.40
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	13.00	8.50	8.50	9.00	12.00	8.00	8.50
Elementary:	237.89	241.46	234.36	227.50	237.97	272.50	237.30
Secondary:	129.47	127.91	126.87	126.19	126.13	127.50	102.10
Ungraded:	10.00	11.73	10.60	10.00	10.00	10.40	10.50
Total Other Staff:	411.54	458.14	456.16	467.01	483.84	450.30	443.50
Instructional Aides:	119.20	112.50	111.92	124.92	155.92	152.80	150.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	34.45	28.10	25.50	27.41	24.08	12.10	16.20
Total Guidance Counselors:	16.74	12.49	10.54	11.33	10.69	10.10	11.60
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	9.30	5.90	4.80	4.74	4.10	4.40	5.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	7.44	6.59	5.74	6.59	6.59	5.70	6.60
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	7.00
Library/Media Support:	4.90	4.80	4.60	5.60	6.65	7.70	6.10
District Administrators:	NA	17.20	16.20	14.80	17.10	9.80	4.00
District Administrative Support:	NA	29.30	29.20	29.15	31.40	31.60	31.70
School Administrators:	NA	13.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	0.00	23.70
School Administrative Support:	NA	9.20	10.20	8.60	9.80	9.10	13.40
Student Support Services:	32.25	32.60	36.15	33.25	14.70	15.00	21.20
Other Support Services:	196.00	190.95	189.85	189.95	191.50	194.10	158.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.54	13.19	13.93	14.63	14.22	13.39	15.70

Schools

Hawley Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	29 Church Hill Rd, Newtown CT 06470
Head O'meadow Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	94 Boggs Hill Rd, Newtown CT 06470
Middle Gate Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	7 Cold Spring Rd, Newtown CT 06470
Newtown High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	12 Berkshire Rd, Sandy Hook CT 06482
Newtown Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	11 Queen St, North Branford CT 06471
Newtown Preschool	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	94 Boggs Hill Rd, Newtown CT 06470
Reed Intermediate School	Grade 5 to Grade 6	3 Trades Ln, Newtown CT 06470
Sandy Hook Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	12 Dickinson Dr, Sandy Hook CT 06482
Starr	Grade 8 to Grade 12	3 Trades Ln, Newtown CT 06470

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
CAPT Test
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	93.8%	77.2%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	94.6%	79.7%
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	94.3%	78.4%
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	95.4%	78.8%
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	94.4%	80.3%
2012	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	94.6%	78.8%
2013	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	93.6%	78.6%
2007	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	91.1%	79.7%
2008	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	91%	82.7%
2009	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	95.6%	81.8%
2010	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	92.8%	82.9%
2011	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	94.5%	81.9%
2012	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	94.6%	80.9%
2013	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	92.5%	81.0%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	95.7%	81.4%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	93.8%	80.5%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	91%	78.4%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	95.2%	81.5%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	93.4%	81.7%
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	97.1%	80.2%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	95.3%	81.7%
2007	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	87.4%	82.2%
2008	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	93.9%	88.2%
2009	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	94.2%	86.5%
2010	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	95.2%	86.2%
2011	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	96.7%	88.6%
2012	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	95.8%	88.8%
2013	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	94.3%	88.9%
CMT Test
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92.6%	78.3%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93.8%	80.1%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95.5%	80.7%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96.7%	82.8%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	97.6%	83.6%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	97.7%	84.3%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	98.1%	85.8%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.5%	69.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	69.3%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	68.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.4%	71.1%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	72.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.6%	74%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.2%	74.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	81.7%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	82.4%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	82.9%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	95.2%	83.2%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	92.2%	80.3%
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	95.5%	81.1%
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	96.8%	83.2%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92.7%	80.3%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96.8%	80.9%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96.1%	81.5%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	98.5%	84.6%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	98.4%	85.2%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	97.5%	85.2%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	98.5%	85.8%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	71.8%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	70.6%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.2%	69.7%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	74.4%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.9%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	78.3%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	84.2%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96.7%	84.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97%	84.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96.4%	85%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96.8%	86.5%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	97.3%	85.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	83.7%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95.4%	80.8%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93.7%	82.5%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95.3%	83.1%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	98.1%	85.9%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	98.8%	87.8%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	98.2%	87.6%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97.5%	85.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.6%	72.8%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	73.4%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.9%	74%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95.2%	77.7%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.4%	75.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	75.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.5%	79.7%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94.9%	81.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.9%	82.9%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95%	82.5%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95.5%	82.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95.6%	82.4%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	95.8%	85.3%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	93.4%	85.7%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	95.7%	85.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	97.7%	86.5%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	96.7%	87.3%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	98%	88%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	98%	88.5%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	96.3%	79.8%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	97.1%	82.7%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	95.3%	84.3%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	98.7%	86.8%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	99%	88.2%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	99.8%	88.5%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	99.1%	87.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.3%	75.4%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.8%	75.7%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.7%	77.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	95.4%	80.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	98.3%	85.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	98.6%	86.5%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	97.3%	84.8%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	93.7%	82.7%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	94.1%	83.8%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	92.5%	82.9%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	92.2%	83.1%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	97.2%	85.5%
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	96.4%	86.1%
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	97.1%	84.9%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	95.8%	77.8%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	80.2%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	97%	82.6%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	98.6%	85.7%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	97.8%	87.4%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	98.6%	87.2%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	99.5%	86.7%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.7%	76.4%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.1%	75.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.4%	79.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	96.9%	83.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	96.3%	85.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	99.5%	85.7%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	97.6%	87.4%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	93.8%	80.9%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94.2%	81.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92.2%	80.1%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92.4%	80.9%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91.2%	79.7%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	79.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	96.6%	83.9%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	94.9%	78.9%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	96.5%	80.8%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	96.7%	81.2%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	99%	84.5%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	98.6%	86.6%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	98.5%	86%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	99%	87.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.1%	76.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.3%	76.4%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.9%	77%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96.9%	82.6%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96.2%	83.4%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	98.8%	86.2%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	95.8%	75.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.6%	76.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	93.5%	76%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	95.4%	75.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	95.6%	77.1%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95.3%	81.9%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	94.5%	82.5%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	93.7%	82.7%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	93.8%	83.7%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	94.2%	80.6%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95.6%	81.6%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	97.9%	86.2%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$87,489,000	$16,514		$92,130,000	$16,901		$85,537,000	$15,581
Federal:	$1,801,000	$340	2.1%	$2,520,000	$462	2.7%	$2,590,000	$472	3.0%
State:	$15,693,000	$2,962	17.9%	$20,686,000	$3,795	22.5%	$15,255,000	$2,779	17.8%
Local:	$69,995,000	$13,212	80.0%	$68,924,000	$12,644	74.8%	$67,692,000	$12,330	79.1%
Total Expenditures:	$89,330,000	$16,861		$101,447,000	$18,611		$106,760,000	$19,446
Total Current Expenditures:	$79,125,000	$14,935		$76,331,000	$14,003		$74,815,000	$13,628
Instructional Expenditures:	$45,582,000	$8,604	57.6%	$44,163,000	$8,102	57.9%	$43,749,000	$7,969	58.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$7,578,000	$1,430	9.6%	$7,236,000	$1,327	9.5%	$6,956,000	$1,267	9.3%
Administration:	$7,558,000	$1,427	9.6%	$7,271,000	$1,334	9.5%	$7,237,000	$1,318	9.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$18,407,000	$3,474	23.3%	$17,661,000	$3,240	23.1%	$16,873,000	$3,073	22.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$6,862,000	$1,295		$21,835,000	$4,006		$28,641,000	$5,217
Construction:	$6,463,000	$1,220		$21,566,000	$3,956		$27,813,000	$5,066
Total Other:	$28,000	$5		$28,000	$5		$28,000	$5
Interest on Debt:	$1,260,000	$238		$1,062,000	$195		$906,000	$165

Total Salary:	$45,235,000	$8,538		$44,724,000	$8,205		$44,594,000	$8,123
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$31,283,000	$5,905	69.2%	$30,993,000	$5,686	69.3%	$31,009,000	$5,648	69.5%
Other Salary:	$13,952,000	$2,633	30.8%	$13,731,000	$2,519	30.7%	$13,585,000	$2,474	30.5%
Total Benefit:	$18,624,000	$3,515		$16,979,000	$3,115		$16,242,000	$2,958
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$12,856,000	$2,427	69.0%	$11,733,000	$2,152	69.1%	$11,236,000	$2,047	69.2%
Other Benefit:	$5,768,000	$1,089	31.0%	$5,246,000	$962	30.9%	$5,006,000	$912	30.8%

* Newtown School District was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.