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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Cloonan School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
447
Middle
DISTRICT 582 · STATE 521
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAMFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 090432000851
Cloonan School
11 West North St., Stamford, CT 06902 · (203) 977-4544 · Western Connecticut Planning Region
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Connecticut public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Connecticut public middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
275 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 44%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 182 | 41% |
| Grade 8 | 197 | 44% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CT Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
30.0%
CT avg 50.5%
Math
18.1%
CT avg 45.9%
What this means: On the CT Smarter Balanced, Connecticut's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Connecticut schools, those numbers are about 51 and 46.
Source: CT Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like Cloonan School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloonan School this school | 447 | 61.5% | N/A |
| Ponus Ridge STEAM Academy Norwalk | 637 | 62.5% | N/A |
| Dolan School Stamford | 577 | 59.3% | N/A |
| Turn of River School Stamford | 560 | 58.8% | N/A |
| Nathan Hale Middle School Norwalk | 499 | 55.3% | N/A |
| Rippowam Middle School Stamford | 704 | 62.1% | N/A |
Matched among Connecticut middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cloonan School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Connecticut | In Western Connecticut Planning Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #156 of 174 | #26 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #155 of 173 | #25 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #107 of 181 | #29 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #11 of 169 | #2 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #69 of 169 | #11 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.5% | #34 of 180 | #3 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #25 of 133 | #5 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
447
-247 (-36%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 653
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 12.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 447 | 50 | 8.9:1 | 62% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 56 | 9.1:1 | 59% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 55 | 10.5:1 | 59% (339) |
| 2020-21 | 694 | 58 | 12.0:1 | 69% (480) |
| 2017-18 | 569 | 51.5 | 11.1:1 | 63% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 541 | 51 | 10.6:1 | 64% (347) |
| 2010-11 | 598 | 50 | 12.0:1 | 47% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 887 | 80 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 653 | 64 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cloonan School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (569 to 447); teachers down 3% (51.5 to 50).
About Cloonan School
Cloonan School is a mid-sized middle school that serves part of Stamford, Connecticut. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 447 students.
Cloonan School sits within Stamford School District, which has 21 schools and 15,483 students.
Federal enrollment data show Cloonan School is 64% Hispanic. Other groups include 17% Black, 11% White, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 21% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
There are about 8.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Cloonan School, which has 50. Middle schools in Connecticut have an average ratio of 11.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 62%. On average, public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region report 33%.
Among Connecticut public middle schools, Cloonan School outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
In Western Connecticut Planning Region, the median household earns about $128,188 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 56%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Western Connecticut Planning Region, 149 public schools serve about 90,520 students.
J. M. Wright Technical High School is about 0.1 miles from Cloonan School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.
NCES describes the area around Cloonan School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 694 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 447 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 12.0 to 8.9 over 4 years.
This page is set up for the Cloonan School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Western Connecticut Planning Region at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
627,071
Census ACS
Median income
$128,188
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
149
90,520 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stamford School District
- Westhill High SchoolHigh · 2,224 students
- Stamford High SchoolHigh · 2,102 students
- Strawberry Hill an ext. of Rogers InternationalElementary · 799 students
- Rogers International SchoolElementary · 780 students
- Rippowam Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Davenport Ridge SchoolElementary · 673 students
Other schools in Stamford
- Westhill High SchoolHigh · 2,224 students
- Stamford High SchoolHigh · 2,102 students
- Strawberry Hill an ext. of Rogers InternationalElementary · 799 students
- Rogers International SchoolElementary · 780 students
- Rippowam Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Davenport Ridge SchoolElementary · 673 students
Nearby schools
- J. M. Wright Technical High School0.1 mi · 494
- Hart School0.1 mi · 566
- Stamford Charter School for Excellence0.5 mi · 543
- Westover School0.7 mi · 624
- Stamford High School0.8 mi · 2,102
- Strawberry Hill an ext. of Rogers International0.8 mi · 799
Frequently asked questions
About Cloonan SchoolHow many students attend Cloonan School?
Cloonan School enrolls approximately 447 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Cloonan School serve?
Cloonan School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cloonan School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cloonan School is approximately 8.9:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cloonan School?
At Cloonan School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 64% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Cloonan School public or private?
Cloonan School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Stamford School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.