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Middle Gate Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 4

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
7 Cold Spring Rd.
Newtown, CT 06470
Phone
(203) 426-7662
District
Newtown School District
County
WESTERN CONNECTICUT PLANNING REGION
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
390
Classroom Teachers
34

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Connecticut

9

(10 is best)

Better than 86.9% of all CT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Middle Gate Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
72%
48%
65%
46%
78%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 67 17.2%
Grade 1 86 22.1%
Grade 2 83 21.3%
Grade 3 79 20.3%
Grade 4 75 19.2%
Total 390 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 80.4% 83.1% 49.8%
Black 2.3% 2.4% 13.1%
Hispanic 15.5% 12.0% 31.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.3% 2.4% 5.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 14.4% 13.8% 40.5%
Free lunch eligible 9.7% 10.1% 34.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.6% 3.6% 5.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 27,341 3,626,205
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 475.3 747
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.8% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.8% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 25.6% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.3% 27.6%
65 OR OLDER 18.5% 17.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,563 1,409,807
Single Parent Households With Children 5.5% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.0% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 55.4% 41.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 48.4% 27.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.6% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.9% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 7.8% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.5% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.5% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 4.4% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,329 $49,351,000 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,823 $11,300,000 11.4%
Staff $709 $2,837,000 2.9%
General Administration $419 $1,676,000 1.7%
School Administration $1,242 $4,970,000 5.0%
Operation $2,961 $11,853,000 11.9%
Transportation $1,093 $4,374,000 4.4%
Other $658 $2,635,000 2.7%
Total Support $9,904 $39,645,000 40.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,552 $10,217,000 10.3%
Total Expenditures $24,785 $99,213,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,725 $6,534,583,000 52.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,630 $836,790,000 6.7%
Staff $779 $400,100,000 3.2%
General Administration $505 $259,319,000 2.1%
School Administration $1,234 $633,707,000 5.1%
Operation $1,918 $985,042,000 7.9%
Transportation $969 $497,686,000 4.0%
Other $716 $367,425,000 2.9%
Total Support $7,751 $3,980,069,000 31.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,787 $1,944,552,000 15.6%
Total Expenditures $24,263 $12,459,204,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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