Cloonan School

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Cloonan School is a public middle school in Stamford, Connecticut, serving 576 students in grades 6-8. The school faces several challenges, including lower academic performance compared to the Stamford School District and the state, achievement gaps among student subgroups, and a high proportion of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

Cloonan School's academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is consistently lower than the district and state averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in SBAC/English Language Arts ranged from 24.2% to 31.8% across grades, compared to the Stamford School District's 35.5% to 37.3% and the state's 48.1% to 49.5%. Similarly, in SBAC/Mathematics, Cloonan School's proficiency rates ranged from 17.3% to 18.5%, while the district and state had higher rates. The school's performance also varies significantly among different student subgroups, with Hispanic students performing better than female and male students.

Compared to other middle schools in the Stamford School District, such as Scofield Middle School and Dolan School, Cloonan School generally performs worse academically. Additionally, the school's performance is significantly lower than middle schools in neighboring districts, such as Saxe Middle School in New Canaan, Middlesex Middle School in Darien, and the Greenwich middle schools, all of which have much higher proficiency rates and state rankings.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 11 West North St.
       Stamford, CT  06902


(203) 977-4544

District: Stamford School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
195th of 250 Connecticut Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $20,379 Help


Students who attend Cloonan School usually attend:

High:    Westhill High School

Feeder schools for Cloonan School:

Elementary:    Hart School
    Roxbury School
    Stillmeadow School

Student/teacher ratio:  10.4 Help
Number of students:  576

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
50.0%
African American:
20.1%
White:
17.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  58.9% Help


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Compare Details Cloonan School ranks worse than 78% of middle schools in Connecticut. It also ranks 4th among 5 ranked middle schools in the Stamford School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 16.41. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Cloonan School has the largest middle school student body size in the Stamford School District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cloonan School is $20,379. 2 middle schools in the Stamford School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cloonan School:

SchoolDigger ranks Cloonan School 195th of 250 Connecticut public middle schools. (See Cloonan School in the ranking list.)

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Stamford School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Stamford School District 132nd of 158 Connecticut school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Cloonan School

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Rank History for all students at Cloonan School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 38.73 174th 248 29.8%
2007 33.75 180th 250 28.0%
2008 39.17 170th 252 32.5%
2009 48.14 163rd 255 36.1%
2010 44.12 179th 268 33.2%
2011 40.96 185th 269 31.2%
2012 42.05 191st 272 29.8%
2013 37.75 202nd 278 27.3%
2015 55.96 130th 280 53.6%
2016 37.10 145th 246 41.1%
2017 32.78 158th 250 36.8%
2018 25.29 179th 249 28.1%
2019 26.25 177th 259 31.7%
2021 33.54 172nd 275 37.5%
2022 19.17 180th 250 28.0%
2023 20.60 175th 249 29.7%
2024 16.41 195th 250 22.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Cloonan School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 6.55 11th 16 31.3%
2019 13.66 12th 15 20.0%
2021 45.82 14th 34 58.8%
2022 17.36 20th 26 23.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Cloonan School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 19.61 21st 25 16.0%
2021 35.27 159th 244 34.8%
2022 27.97 17th 36 52.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cloonan School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 23.33 83rd 104 20.2%
2021 37.57 129th 218 40.8%
2022 21.97 93rd 106 12.3%
2023 13.48 102nd 109 6.4%
2024 15.40 104th 114 8.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Cloonan School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.14 136th 160 15.0%
2019 18.01 140th 169 17.2%
2021 32.47 152nd 235 35.3%
2022 17.00 137th 166 17.5%
2023 12.24 136th 160 15.0%
2024 8.48 150th 161 6.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Cloonan School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 20.73 90th 104 13.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Cloonan School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.57 126th 164 23.2%
2019 20.77 137th 167 18.0%
2021 27.06 156th 224 30.4%
2022 13.06 148th 169 12.4%
2023 10.21 140th 158 11.4%
2024 10.44 140th 157 10.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Cloonan School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.43 26th 31 16.1%
2019 38.68 24th 38 36.8%
2021 33.87 49th 80 38.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Cloonan School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.91 48th 75 36.0%
2019 40.21 50th 97 48.5%
2021 43.20 80th 146 45.2%
2022 33.83 59th 97 39.2%
2023 31.40 70th 99 29.3%
2024 29.31 73rd 104 29.8%
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Rank History for White students at Cloonan School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.86 75th 168 55.4%
2019 23.79 140th 166 15.7%
2021 35.28 113th 175 35.4%
2022 22.82 117th 151 22.5%
2023 38.27 100th 158 36.7%
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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Connecticut State Department of Education

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by a parent
Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Open Quote Great school, teachers always helping with anything related with my son studies, always answer all my e mails Close Quote



Enrollment information for Cloonan School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 297 221 16 66 1 n/a n/a 0 601
1989 298 214 14 77 0 n/a n/a 0 603
1990 318 222 13 96 n/a n/a n/a 0 649
1991 293 233 17 110 0 n/a n/a 0 653
1992 419 354 25 120 0 n/a n/a 0 918
1993 393 345 30 132 0 n/a n/a 0 900
1994 354 348 35 142 0 n/a n/a 0 879
1995 322 390 37 154 0 n/a n/a 0 903
1996 322 390 37 154 0 n/a n/a 0 903
1997 318 377 42 142 0 n/a n/a 0 879
1998 318 367 39 141 0 n/a n/a 0 865
1999 308 368 35 165 0 n/a n/a 0 876
2000 320 321 27 177 0 n/a n/a 0 845
2001 338 324 32 193 0 n/a n/a 0 887
2002 294 216 34 176 0 n/a n/a 0 720
2003 294 216 34 176 0 n/a n/a 0 720
2004 296 182 26 156 0 n/a n/a 0 660
2005 285 161 30 151 1 n/a n/a 0 628
2006 286 146 31 141 0 n/a n/a 0 604
2007 246 147 41 146 0 n/a n/a 0 580
2008 245 132 42 175 0 n/a n/a 0 594
2009 246 119 43 166 0 n/a n/a 0 574
2010 250 119 44 168 0 n/a n/a 0 581
2011 235 130 51 182 0 0 0 0 598
2012 215 136 51 175 0 0 0 0 577
2013 205 153 49 188 0 0 2 0 597
2014 198 177 41 202 1 0 3 0 622
2015 193 154 34 224 2 0 9 0 616
2016 150 144 26 217 1 0 3 0 541
2017 126 133 29 240 1 0 7 0 536
2018 113 138 37 267 1 0 13 0 569
2019 173 129 41 265 3 1 20 0 632
2020 157 167 50 323 2 0 16 0 715
2021 150 151 58 324 1 1 9 0 694
2022 121 140 52 294 0 1 17 0 625
2023 101 116 44 288 0 1 26 0 576

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 Cloonan School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 601 55.0 10.9 n/a
1989 603 55.0 10.9 n/a
1990 649 57.0 11.3 n/a
1991 653 64.0 10.2 n/a
1992 918 76.9 11.9 26.5
1993 900 80.1 11.2 3.3
1994 879 80.7 10.9 33
1995 903 66.1 13.7 28.7
1996 903 66.1 13.7 28.7
1997 879 71.4 12.3 29
1998 865 67.9 12.7 35.1
1999 876 67.1 13.1 38.2
2000 845 74.1 11.4 35
2001 887 80.9 11.0 n/a
2002 720 71.9 10.0 31
2003 720 71.9 10.0 31
2004 660 61.0 10.8 40.8
2005 628 48.5 12.9 n/a
2006 604 46.5 13.0 44.4
2007 580 45.5 12.7 39.8
2008 594 56.5 10.5 41.9
2009 574 53.9 11.4 40.8
2010 581 52.4 11.0 40.3
2011 598 50.4 11.8 47.3
2012 577 52.4 11.0 47.5
2013 597 52.4 11.3 51.6
2014 622 53.1 11.7 51.6
2015 616 58.0 10.6 56.3
2016 541 51.0 10.6 64.1
2017 536 48.0 11.1 64.2
2018 569 51.5 11.0 63.3
2019 632 50.9 12.4 68.4
2020 715 58.4 12.2 71.6
2021 694 58.2 11.9 69.2
2022 625 51.6 12.1 65.8
2023 576 55.0 10.4 58.9

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 Cloonan School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 601 55.0 10.9 n/a
1989 603 55.0 10.9 n/a
1990 649 57.0 11.3 n/a
1991 653 64.0 10.2 n/a
1992 918 76.9 11.9 26.5
1993 900 80.1 11.2 3.3
1994 879 80.7 10.9 33
1995 903 66.1 13.7 28.7
1996 903 66.1 13.7 28.7
1997 879 71.4 12.3 29
1998 865 67.9 12.7 35.1
1999 876 67.1 13.1 38.2
2000 845 74.1 11.4 35
2001 887 80.9 11.0 n/a
2002 720 71.9 10.0 31
2003 720 71.9 10.0 31
2004 660 61.0 10.8 40.8
2005 628 48.5 12.9 n/a
2006 604 46.5 13.0 44.4
2007 580 45.5 12.7 39.8
2008 594 56.5 10.5 41.9
2009 574 53.9 11.4 40.8
2010 581 52.4 11.0 40.3
2011 598 50.4 11.8 47.3
2012 577 52.4 11.0 47.5
2013 597 52.4 11.3 51.6
2014 622 53.1 11.7 51.6
2015 616 58.0 10.6 56.3
2016 541 51.0 10.6 64.1
2017 536 48.0 11.1 64.2
2018 569 51.5 11.0 63.3
2019 632 50.9 12.4 68.4
2020 715 58.4 12.2 71.6
2021 694 58.2 11.9 69.2
2022 625 51.6 12.1 65.8
2023 576 55.0 10.4 58.9

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 Cloonan School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $18,902
2019 $17,949
2020 $16,395
2021 $17,137
2022 $19,662
2023 $20,379

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Cloonan School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 177th of 259 Middle schoolsRanks 175th of 249 Middle schools
 1.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Cloonan School)41.918.7
 23.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Stamford School District)48.333.9
 14.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Connecticut)55.348
 7.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Cloonan School)32.313.2
 19.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Stamford School District)38.724.6
 14.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Connecticut)45.439.6
 5.8%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Cloonan School)41.327
 14.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Stamford School District)45.339.8
 5.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Connecticut)56.148.8
 7.3%
7th Grade Mathematics (Cloonan School)28.516
 12.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Stamford School District)38.428.4
 10%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Connecticut)46.139.9
 6.2%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Cloonan School)38.634.3
 4.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Stamford School District)46.937.7
 9.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Connecticut)55.848.5
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Cloonan School)28.126.5
 1.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Stamford School District)3524.6
 10.4%
   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 Students632576
 8.9%
African American129116
 10.1%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian4144
 7.3%
Hispanic265288
 8.7%
Pacific Islander11
White173101
 41.6%
Two or More Races2026
 30%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients68.4%58.9%
 9.5%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Cloonan School

Students who attend Cloonan School usually go on to attend Westhill High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 576 students attended Cloonan School.

Cloonan School ranks in the bottom 22.0% of Connecticut middle schools.

Students at Cloonan School are 50% Hispanic, 20% African American, 18% White, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more races.


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