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Great Neck Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 5

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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
165 Great Neck Rd.
Waterford, CT 06385
Phone
(860) 442-2593
District
Waterford School District
County
SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT PLANNING REGION
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
313
Classroom Teachers
29

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Connecticut

9

(10 is best)

Better than 81.7% of all CT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Great Neck Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
71%
47%
71%
51%
71%
42%
    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
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 47 15.0%
Grade 1 61 19.5%
Grade 2 48 15.3%
Grade 3 50 16.0%
Grade 4 60 19.2%
Grade 5 47 15.0%
Total 313 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 72.8% 76.2% 49.8%
Black 0.7% 2.5% 13.1%
Hispanic 23.5% 15.4% 31.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.7% 5.2% 5.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.6% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 24.9% 29.5% 40.5%
Free lunch eligible 20.1% 23.7% 34.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.8% 5.8% 5.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 19,580 3,626,205
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 595.8 747
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.6% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.8% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.1% 27.6%
65 OR OLDER 20.9% 17.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,023 1,409,807
Single Parent Households With Children 6.1% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.5% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 37.6% 41.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 26.3% 27.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 25.1% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.4% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.6% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.2% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.3% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 4.2% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,974 $35,010,000 54.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,920 $4,488,000 7.0%
Staff $699 $1,635,000 2.6%
General Administration $944 $2,208,000 3.5%
School Administration $1,161 $2,714,000 4.2%
Operation $2,646 $6,186,000 9.7%
Transportation $977 $2,284,000 3.6%
Other $399 $932,000 1.5%
Total Support $8,746 $20,447,000 32.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,634 $8,496,000 13.3%
Total Expenditures $27,354 $63,953,000 100.0%
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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