Dodd Middle School

Summary:

Dodd Middle School is a public middle school located in Cheshire, Connecticut, serving 622 students in grades 7-8. The school is part of the Cheshire School District, which is ranked 16th out of 158 districts in the state and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Dodd Middle School consistently ranks among the top 30 middle schools in Connecticut, with a ranking of 27 out of 250 schools in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's students perform significantly better than the state average in SBAC/English Language Arts and SBAC/Mathematics assessments across all grades, with 76.6% of 7th-grade students and 75.2% of 8th-grade students proficient or better in SBAC/English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 49.5% and 49.1%, respectively. Dodd Middle School's performance in NGSS/Science for 8th grade is also impressive, with 71% of students proficient or better, compared to the state average of 48.1%. The school has a relatively diverse student population, with 74.6% White, 4.66% African American, 7.4% Hispanic, and 10.13% Asian students in the 2022-2023 school year.

Dodd Middle School significantly outperforms nearby schools like City Hill Middle School in academic metrics, with the percentage of 7th-grade students proficient or better in SBAC/English Language Arts at Dodd Middle School (76.6%) nearly double the performance of City Hill Middle School (40.5%). The racial diversity of Dodd Middle School is also notably higher than many of the surrounding schools, and the school has a lower percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients (15.92% in 2022-2023) compared to nearby schools like City Hill Middle School (52.76%) and Washington Middle School (80.71%), indicating a lower proportion of students from low-income families.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 100 Park Place
       Cheshire, CT  06410


(203) 272-3249

District: Cheshire School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
27th of 250 Connecticut Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $19,179 Help


Students who attend Dodd Middle School usually attend:

High:    Cheshire High School

Feeder schools for Dodd Middle School:

Elementary:    Chapman School
    Doolittle School
    Highland School
    Norton School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.4 Help
Number of students:  622

Racial breakdown:

White:
74.6%
Asian:
10.1%
Hispanic:
7.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  15.9% Help


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Compare Details Dodd Middle School ranks better than 89.2% of middle schools in Connecticut. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 87.46. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (74.6%), Asian (10.1%), Hispanic (7.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 15.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Dodd Middle School is 11.4. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Dodd Middle School is $19,179.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Dodd Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Dodd Middle School 27th of 250 Connecticut public middle schools. (See Dodd Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Cheshire School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Cheshire School District 16th of 158 Connecticut school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Dodd Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Dodd Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 81.08 29th 248 88.3%
2007 80.48 28th 250 88.8%
2008 81.42 26th 252 89.7%
2009 81.10 25th 255 90.2%
2010 82.60 20th 268 92.5%
2011 79.77 37th 269 86.2%
2012 80.83 26th 272 90.4%
2013 79.97 35th 278 87.4%
2015 88.41 20th 280 92.9%
2016 83.74 35th 246 85.8%
2017 80.01 53rd 250 78.8%
2018 82.47 43rd 249 82.7%
2019 89.44 21st 259 91.9%
2021 91.60 18th 275 93.5%
2022 85.74 36th 250 85.6%
2023 87.72 26th 249 89.6%
2024 87.46 27th 250 89.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Dodd Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.45 5th 23 78.3%
2019 75.22 4th 25 84.0%
2021 82.59 22nd 244 91.0%
2023 63.49 9th 20 55.0%
2024 63.89 9th 22 59.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Dodd Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 83.61 14th 104 86.5%
2021 91.73 9th 218 95.9%
2022 96.96 2nd 106 98.1%
2023 98.42 1st 109 99.1%
2024 92.40 3rd 114 97.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Dodd Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.98 39th 160 75.6%
2019 82.81 20th 169 88.2%
2021 91.74 12th 235 94.9%
2022 81.72 30th 166 81.9%
2023 83.31 24th 160 85.0%
2024 83.27 23rd 161 85.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Dodd Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 58.89 36th 104 65.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Dodd Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.85 37th 164 77.4%
2019 86.88 15th 167 91.0%
2021 87.77 23rd 224 89.7%
2022 82.82 27th 169 84.0%
2023 84.87 19th 158 88.0%
2024 83.60 22nd 157 86.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Dodd Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 63.45 12th 27 55.6%
2023 54.39 10th 13 23.1%
2024 63.11 6th 12 50.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Dodd Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 95.00 6th 146 95.9%
2024 96.50 3rd 104 97.1%
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Rank History for White students at Dodd Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.47 52nd 168 69.0%
2019 83.34 20th 166 88.0%
2021 82.82 21st 175 88.0%
2022 65.45 52nd 151 65.6%
2023 74.23 35th 158 77.8%
2024 74.55 31st 154 79.9%
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Data source: test scores: Connecticut Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Dodd Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 640 5 10 2 0 n/a n/a 0 657
1989 625 7 11 3 0 n/a n/a 0 646
1990 588 5 18 1 n/a n/a n/a 0 612
1991 569 7 14 1 0 n/a n/a 0 591
1992 576 6 19 3 0 n/a n/a 0 604
1993 598 8 19 5 0 n/a n/a 0 630
1994 666 12 20 2 1 n/a n/a 0 701
1995 696 9 18 4 1 n/a n/a 0 728
1996 696 9 18 4 1 n/a n/a 0 728
1997 727 5 13 6 1 n/a n/a 0 752
1998 736 7 21 5 0 n/a n/a 0 769
1999 736 13 27 7 0 n/a n/a 0 783
2000 759 6 27 5 0 n/a n/a 0 797
2001 784 11 31 11 0 n/a n/a 0 837
2002 759 13 36 13 2 n/a n/a 0 823
2003 759 13 36 13 2 n/a n/a 0 823
2004 752 12 49 13 2 n/a n/a 0 828
2005 751 17 54 19 0 n/a n/a 0 841
2006 734 18 54 16 0 n/a n/a 0 822
2007 709 24 58 27 1 n/a n/a 0 819
2008 733 14 57 18 2 n/a n/a 0 824
2009 727 11 61 18 1 n/a n/a 0 818
2010 717 11 69 18 0 n/a n/a 0 815
2011 687 16 64 19 0 0 0 0 786
2012 660 17 70 26 1 0 0 0 774
2013 639 15 76 25 1 0 1 0 757
2014 632 17 65 27 3 0 3 0 747
2015 635 11 74 29 3 0 3 0 755
2016 594 15 75 28 4 0 3 0 719
2017 631 25 80 36 4 0 7 0 783
2018 608 25 89 51 0 0 10 0 783
2019 548 21 61 40 0 0 12 0 682
2020 520 20 59 34 3 0 15 0 651
2021 481 21 70 44 4 0 13 0 633
2022 464 19 70 48 1 0 12 0 614
2023 464 29 63 46 0 0 20 0 622

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Dodd Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 657 42.0 15.6 n/a
1989 646 41.0 15.7 n/a
1990 612 42.0 14.5 n/a
1991 591 40.5 14.5 n/a
1992 604 45.9 13.1 1.5
1993 630 42.5 14.8 0.2
1994 701 48.3 14.5 4.7
1995 728 50.2 14.5 3.6
1996 728 50.2 14.5 3.6
1997 752 53.0 14.2 1.7
1998 769 53.7 14.3 0.8
1999 783 56.8 13.8 4
2000 797 58.2 13.7 2
2001 837 59.7 14.0 n/a
2002 823 58.7 14.0 2.7
2003 823 58.7 14.0 2.7
2004 828 59.0 14.0 3.5
2005 841 49.5 17.0 n/a
2006 822 51.1 16.1 4
2007 819 51.3 16.0 5.1
2008 824 60.3 13.7 4
2009 818 65.5 13.5 6.4
2010 815 55.6 14.6 5
2011 786 55.0 14.2 4.6
2012 774 56.5 13.6 7.1
2013 757 56.1 13.4 8.3
2014 747 55.9 13.3 9.8
2015 755 56.0 13.4 7
2016 719 56.0 12.8 7.4
2017 783 57.2 13.6 8.4
2018 783 61.4 12.7 6.9
2019 682 53.5 12.7 13.6
2020 651 55.8 11.6 15.4
2021 633 50.3 12.5 16.1
2022 614 53.0 11.5 15.5
2023 622 54.5 11.4 15.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Dodd Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 657 42.0 15.6 n/a
1989 646 41.0 15.7 n/a
1990 612 42.0 14.5 n/a
1991 591 40.5 14.5 n/a
1992 604 45.9 13.1 1.5
1993 630 42.5 14.8 0.2
1994 701 48.3 14.5 4.7
1995 728 50.2 14.5 3.6
1996 728 50.2 14.5 3.6
1997 752 53.0 14.2 1.7
1998 769 53.7 14.3 0.8
1999 783 56.8 13.8 4
2000 797 58.2 13.7 2
2001 837 59.7 14.0 n/a
2002 823 58.7 14.0 2.7
2003 823 58.7 14.0 2.7
2004 828 59.0 14.0 3.5
2005 841 49.5 17.0 n/a
2006 822 51.1 16.1 4
2007 819 51.3 16.0 5.1
2008 824 60.3 13.7 4
2009 818 65.5 13.5 6.4
2010 815 55.6 14.6 5
2011 786 55.0 14.2 4.6
2012 774 56.5 13.6 7.1
2013 757 56.1 13.4 8.3
2014 747 55.9 13.3 9.8
2015 755 56.0 13.4 7
2016 719 56.0 12.8 7.4
2017 783 57.2 13.6 8.4
2018 783 61.4 12.7 6.9
2019 682 53.5 12.7 13.6
2020 651 55.8 11.6 15.4
2021 633 50.3 12.5 16.1
2022 614 53.0 11.5 15.5
2023 622 54.5 11.4 15.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Dodd Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $14,956
2019 $16,493
2020 $17,333
2021 $17,130
2022 $19,195
2023 $19,179

Data source: Connecticut Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Dodd Middle School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 21st of 259 Middle schoolsRanks 26th of 249 Middle schools
 2.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts (Dodd Middle School)81.774.9
 6.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Cheshire School District)81.774.9
 6.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Connecticut)56.148.8
 7.3%
7th Grade Mathematics (Dodd Middle School)67.169.7
 2.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Cheshire School District)67.169.7
 2.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Connecticut)46.139.9
 6.2%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Dodd Middle School)81.776.4
 5.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Cheshire School District)81.476.4
 5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Connecticut)55.848.5
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Dodd Middle School)73.860.4
 13.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Cheshire School District)73.660.4
 13.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Connecticut)43.536.2
 7.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students682622
 8.8%
African American2129
 38.1%
American Indian00
Asian6163
 3.3%
Hispanic4046
 15%
Pacific Islander00
White548464
 15.3%
Two or More Races1220
 66.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients13.6%15.9%
 2.3%


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Dodd Middle School ranks 27th of 250 Connecticut middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Dodd Middle School usually go on to attend Cheshire High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 622 students attended Dodd Middle School.

Students at Dodd Middle School are 75% White, 10% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 5% African American, 3% Two or more races.


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