Education in Darien, Connecticut
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Darien, Connecticut has a total of eight educational institutions - seven schools in the public Darien Public Schools system and one private school, Pear Tree Point School.
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[edit] Darien Public Schools
Total enrollment in public schools in Darien is 4,475 students, amounting to 22.7 percent of the town population. A total of 85 percent of the total student population is in public schools.[1]
The 2005-2006 town education budget is $56.7 million, representing an estimated $11,928 in spending per pupil. Teacher salaries in the 2005-2006 fiscal year ranged from a low of $37,875 to a high of $90,766. Donald Fiftal, superintendent of schools, received a salary of $185,000 in the 2005-2006 fiscal year.
The town has five Elementary Schools: Hindley School, Holmes School, Ox Ridge School, Royle School, and Tokeneke School. A $27 million addition was completed in 2000 to the town's middle school, Middlesex Middle School, and a new $73 million campus for Darien High School was completed in the fall of 2005.[2]
[edit] Students
| Measurement[1] | Year | Darien | DRG | State |
| Eligibile for free/reduced price meals | 2005-06 | 1.2% | 1.1% | 26.9% |
| Eligible for free/reduced price meals | 2002-03 | 1.1% | n/a | 25.4% |
| Non-English language at home | 2005-06 | 3.0% | 2.5% | 12.6% |
| Non-English language at home | 2000-01 | 3.9% | n/a/ | 12.5 % |
"DRG" (District Reference Group) — "A DRG is a classification of districts whose students' families are similar in education, income, occupation, and need, and have roughly similar enrollment."[1]
[edit] High school academic statistics
- Average SAT scores for the Class of 2005 were 585 verbal and 612 math. For the Class of 2004, 86.6 percent went on to four-year colleges and another 6.7 percent went to two-year colleges. The May 2005 Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT) results (administered to students in the 10th grade): Of the 238 students who took the test, 62.2 percent scored at or above the state goal in all four content areas.[3]
[edit] Connecticut Mastery Test scores
- Students performing at or above the state performance goal in 2004:[4]
- Fourth grade: reading, 80.2 percent; writing, 88.9 percent; math, 84.5 percent
- Sixth grade: reading, 88.7 percent; writing, 86.1 percent; math, 90.1 percent
- Eighth grade: reading, 84.1 percent; writing, 84.7 percent; math, 87.1 percent
[edit] School cancellation or delay reports
- The school system tries to decide by 5:30 a.m. if school is canceled or delayed. If school is delayed, start times are postponed 90 minutes. Decisions about early dismissal are made by 9:30 a.m. Information is posted on the school system Web site, and broadcast on these radio stations: WEBE 108 FM, 99.9 FM; WICC, 1600 AM; WLAD 800 AM; WCBS, 880 AM; WDAQ, 98.3 FM; WGCH, 1490, AM; WEFSX, 95.9 FM; WSTC, 1400 AM; WKHL, 96.7 FM; and WTIC, 1080 AM and 96.5 FM; Cablevision 12 and WTNH-TV, Channel 8.[5]
[edit] Private school
Pear Tree Point School, originally named Plumfield School, serves students in pre-kindergarten through Grade 5.
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c [1] state Department of Education's Strategic School Profile 2005-05, for Darien School District, accessed March 13, 2007
- ^ [2] Prevost, Lisa, "A Haven for Both Sailors and Commuters," an article (part of the ongoing "If you're thinking of living in" feature) in the Real Estate section of The New York Times, December 14, 2003, accessed online on July 14, 2003
- ^ Darien Answerbook 2006, page 28
- ^ Darien Answerbook 2006, page 28
- ^ Darien Answerbook 2006, page 28
