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Savin Rock Community School
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CT Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the CT Smarter Balanced, Connecticut's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Connecticut schools, those numbers are about 51 and 46.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Savin Rock Community School
Savin Rock Community School is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in West Haven, Connecticut, part of West Haven School District, enrolling 459 students in grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 21% larger than the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 378 students.
West Haven School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,751 students; Savin Rock Community School is among them.
In terms of who attends, Savin Rock Community School logs that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 23% Black, 19% White, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Savin Rock Community School records 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against South Central Connecticut Planning Region (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for South Central Connecticut Planning Region put median household income runs about $88,197, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, South Central Connecticut Planning Region runs 152 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students), of which Savin Rock Community School is one.
Nearest neighbor: West Haven High School, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Savin Rock Community School operates from a commuter-belt location.
Five-year trend. Savin Rock Community School's enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 482 (now 459). Asian enrollment moved from 3% to 9% across the same window.
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