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Cheshire School District is located close to the center of Connecticut. Cheshire School District has 33.07 square miles of land area and 0.30 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Cheshire School District population is 29,272. Cheshire School District median household income is $107,716 in 2010-2014. Cheshire School District median house value is $340,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Cheshire School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (24 out of 121, top 20%) Elementary/Middle School: (22 out of 162, top 14%)* Rank: #28
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	8
Population	29,272 (2010-2014), rank #33
Population Growth	1.36% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	877.32/sq mi, rank #51
Median Household Income:	$107,716 at 2010-2014—1.53% increase since 2005-2009, rank #24
Median House Price:	$340,000 at 2010-2014—-5.92% increase since 2005-2009, rank #44
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	33.07 sq mi, rank #68
Water Area:	0.30 sq mi (0.89%), rank #135
State:	Connecticut
County:	New Haven County
City:	Cheshire, Wallingford, Cheshire Village
Zip:	06410, 06492
Area:	New Haven-Milford, CT

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Cheshire School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

29 Main St

Cheshire CT, 06410, New Haven County

Phone: 203-250-2400

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,594	4,655	4,790	4,798	4,950	5,007	5,120
English Language Learner Students:	30	33	55	44	27	41	42
Total Teachers:	330.50	336.30	325.34	324.11	336.90	383.90	317.20
Prekindergarten:	2.00	2.01	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	9.00	9.00
Elementary:	207.41	211.56	204.58	194.80	205.40	234.40	195.90
Secondary:	104.99	105.61	103.76	113.11	115.40	132.40	104.30
Ungraded:	8.10	9.12	8.00	7.20	7.10	7.10	7.00
Total Other Staff:	342.16	404.87	400.41	402.08	388.69	355.80	576.30
Instructional Aides:	138.10	127.13	128.47	131.04	126.05	125.60	124.90
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	23.16	20.50	19.20	20.40	20.00	7.00	11.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	9.10	10.10	9.90	9.10	9.60	13.50	12.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.70	5.70	5.50	5.10	5.10	7.00	7.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.40	4.40	4.40	4.00	4.50	6.50	5.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	5.80	6.80	6.60	6.70	7.20	7.20	7.30
Library/Media Support:	11.00	11.00	11.00	10.70	11.50	12.50	12.50
District Administrators:	NA	14.14	14.14	12.54	13.24	4.50	5.80
District Administrative Support:	NA	31.00	31.00	31.00	31.00	31.50	31.50
School Administrators:	NA	11.60	12.60	12.60	12.60	0.00	17.30
School Administrative Support:	NA	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.50
Student Support Services:	9.50	9.10	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00
Other Support Services:	145.50	146.50	141.50	142.00	131.50	128.00	327.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.90	13.84	14.72	14.80	14.69	13.04	16.14

Schools

Chapman School	Grade 1 to Grade 6	38 Country Club Rd, Cheshire CT 06410
Cheshire High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	525 South Main St, Cheshire CT 06410
Darcey School	Prekindergarten to Kindergarten	1686 Waterbury Rd, Cheshire CT 06410
Dodd Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	100 Park Place, Cheshire CT 06410
Doolittle School	Grade 1 to Grade 6	735 Cornwall Ave, Cheshire CT 06410
Highland School	Grade 1 to Grade 6	490 Highland Ave, Cheshire CT 06410
Humiston School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	30 Spring St, Cheshire CT 06410
Norton School	Grade 1 to Grade 6	414 North Brooksvale Rd, Cheshire CT 06410

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
CAPT Test
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	93.4%	77.2%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	94.6%	79.7%
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	93.8%	78.4%
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	94.9%	78.8%
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	96.1%	80.3%
2012	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	92.3%	78.8%
2013	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	94.1%	78.6%
2007	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	93.3%	79.7%
2008	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	97%	82.7%
2009	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	92.7%	81.8%
2010	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	95%	82.9%
2011	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	95.3%	81.9%
2012	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	94.1%	80.9%
2013	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	93.4%	81.0%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	94.9%	81.4%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	95.3%	80.5%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	90.7%	78.4%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	93.8%	81.5%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	93.8%	81.7%
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	93.7%	80.2%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	96.4%	81.7%
2007	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	94.2%	82.2%
2008	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	97%	88.2%
2009	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	95.1%	86.5%
2010	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	95.1%	86.2%
2011	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	96.2%	88.6%
2012	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	95.8%	88.8%
2013	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	96.4%	88.9%
CMT Test
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90.6%	78.3%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91.9%	80.1%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	80.7%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92.4%	82.8%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	83.6%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92.6%	84.3%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95.3%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90.4%	82.7%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	69.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.4%	69.3%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	68.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	71.1%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.5%	72.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.5%	74%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.6%	74.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.0%	72.4%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	81.7%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	82.4%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	90.1%	82.9%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	83.2%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	80.3%
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	92.8%	81.1%
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	93.9%	83.2%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	80.3%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	80.9%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94%	81.5%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96.3%	84.6%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96.4%	85.2%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	85.2%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	97.1%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95.3%	83.8%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.7%	71.8%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.4%	70.6%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.9%	69.7%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.7%	74.4%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	78.3%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.0%	77.6%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	84.2%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93.9%	84.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	84.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93.1%	85%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	86.5%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	85.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96.9%	83.7%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92.1%	83.5%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94.5%	80.8%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95.1%	82.5%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94.1%	83.1%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94.5%	85.9%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97.4%	87.8%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97.9%	87.6%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95.3%	85.7%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96.8%	84.4%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.6%	72.8%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	73.4%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.8%	74%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	77.7%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.8%	75.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	75.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.2%	79.7%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.5%	79.1%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96.2%	81.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.8%	82.9%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95.1%	82.5%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96.2%	82.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94.2%	82.4%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.9%	81.7%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	94.8%	85.3%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	95.6%	85.7%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	98.2%	85.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	94.5%	86.5%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	94.3%	87.3%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	97.6%	88%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	95.3%	88.5%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	96.5%	87.7%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	94.4%	79.8%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	97.2%	82.7%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	96.8%	84.3%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	98.2%	86.8%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	97.6%	88.2%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	99.2%	88.5%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	98.8%	87.2%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	97.5%	85.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.4%	75.4%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.6%	75.7%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.4%	77.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	96.6%	80.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.6%	85.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	98.1%	86.5%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	97%	84.8%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.8%	84.5%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	93.9%	82.7%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	91.6%	83.8%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	94.4%	82.9%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	94.6%	83.1%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	93.6%	85.5%
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	95.6%	86.1%
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	98.3%	84.9%
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	95.1%	84.3%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	92.5%	77.8%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	95.7%	80.2%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	96.7%	82.6%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	96.4%	85.7%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	98.4%	87.4%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	96%	87.2%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	98.2%	86.7%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	96.0%	84.9%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	76.4%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.7%	75.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.4%	79.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.2%	83.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	97.4%	85.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.3%	85.7%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	97.4%	87.4%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	97.2%	87.0%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92.7%	80.9%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	93.9%	81.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94.6%	80.1%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	93.8%	80.9%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	79.7%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90.5%	79.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94.4%	83.9%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91.4%	83.2%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	94.2%	78.9%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	80.8%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	95.8%	81.2%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	96.9%	84.5%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	97.3%	86.6%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	97%	86%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	97.3%	87.1%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	97.7%	86.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.2%	76.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91%	76.4%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	77%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.1%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96.1%	82.6%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96.7%	83.4%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97.1%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96.6%	85.7%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.7%	75.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	94.5%	76.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.8%	76%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	94%	75.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	94.2%	77.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	94.1%	76.5%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	94.9%	81.9%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	94.1%	82.5%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	94.6%	82.7%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95.2%	83.7%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95.4%	80.6%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95%	81.6%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	97.6%	86.2%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	94.7%	85.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$74,738,000	$15,603		$72,874,000	$15,188		$71,014,000	$14,346
Federal:	$1,921,000	$401	2.6%	$3,191,000	$665	4.4%	$3,186,000	$644	4.5%
State:	$18,226,000	$3,805	24.4%	$15,187,000	$3,165	20.8%	$14,958,000	$3,022	21.1%
Local:	$54,591,000	$11,397	73.0%	$54,496,000	$11,358	74.8%	$52,870,000	$10,681	74.5%
Total Expenditures:	$72,401,000	$15,115		$70,582,000	$14,711		$68,803,000	$13,900
Total Current Expenditures:	$68,885,000	$14,381		$67,261,000	$14,019		$65,106,000	$13,153
Instructional Expenditures:	$42,480,000	$8,868	61.7%	$41,242,000	$8,596	61.3%	$40,344,000	$8,150	62.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$6,691,000	$1,397	9.7%	$6,545,000	$1,364	9.7%	$6,372,000	$1,287	9.8%
Administration:	$6,669,000	$1,392	9.7%	$6,478,000	$1,350	9.6%	$6,106,000	$1,234	9.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$13,045,000	$2,723	18.9%	$12,996,000	$2,709	19.3%	$12,284,000	$2,482	18.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$629,000	$131		$440,000	$92		$982,000	$198
Construction:	$104,000	$22		$18,000	$4		$561,000	$113
Total Other:	$134,000	$28		$119,000	$25		$120,000	$24
Interest on Debt:	$664,000	$139		$662,000	$138		$762,000	$154

Total Salary:	$41,134,000	$8,587		$40,787,000	$8,501		$39,895,000	$8,060
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$29,606,000	$6,181	72.0%	$29,358,000	$6,119	72.0%	$28,796,000	$5,817	72.2%
Other Salary:	$11,528,000	$2,407	28.0%	$11,429,000	$2,382	28.0%	$11,099,000	$2,242	27.8%
Total Benefit:	$16,385,000	$3,421		$14,938,000	$3,113		$14,377,000	$2,904
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$11,646,000	$2,431	71.1%	$10,532,000	$2,195	70.5%	$10,237,000	$2,068	71.2%
Other Benefit:	$4,739,000	$989	28.9%	$4,406,000	$918	29.5%	$4,140,000	$836	28.8%

* Cheshire School District was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.