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Staples High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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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
70 North Ave.
Westport, CT 06880
Phone
(203) 341-1210
District
Westport School District
County
WESTERN CONNECTICUT PLANNING REGION
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1686
Classroom Teachers
175

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Connecticut

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.1% of all CT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Staples High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

100 80 60 40 20 0
82%
42%
87%
51%
77%
34%
    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
10
10
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 417 24.7%
Grade 10 412 24.4%
Grade 11 417 24.7%
Grade 12 440 26.1%
Total 1686 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 84.1% 82.0% 49.8%
Black 2.0% 2.3% 13.1%
Hispanic 7.4% 8.5% 31.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.5% 7.1% 5.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 2.2% 2.4% 40.5%
Free lunch eligible 1.3% 1.5% 34.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.9% 0.9% 5.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 27,232 3,626,205
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,364.4 747
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.3% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 19.9% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 33.1% 27.6%
65 OR OLDER 18.4% 17.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,725 1,409,807
Single Parent Households With Children 2.9% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.3% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 79.3% 41.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 65.0% 27.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 10.6% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 4.8% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.0% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.3% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 2.8% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 4.4% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $16,465 $88,699,000 59.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,183 $11,758,000 7.9%
Staff $740 $3,988,000 2.7%
General Administration $430 $2,317,000 1.6%
School Administration $1,835 $9,887,000 6.6%
Operation $2,708 $14,590,000 9.8%
Transportation $1,075 $5,792,000 3.9%
Other $689 $3,713,000 2.5%
Total Support $9,661 $52,045,000 34.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,592 $8,574,000 5.7%
Total Expenditures $27,718 $149,318,000 100.0%
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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