Middle · Connecticut
Putnam Middle School
Free meals for allPutnam Middle School, a public middle school in Putnam, Connecticut: grades 5–8, 353 students, 11.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Putnam School District.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 353
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.6
- Students per teacher
- 11.5
- Grades
- 5–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 59% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 11.1 · 178 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 80% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 72% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 498 · 178 schools compared
Smaller than 69% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Connecticut's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Connecticut: 50%39%proficient
−3.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 80% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 57% · 177 middle schools compared
346 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Connecticut: 46%24%proficient
Unchanged from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 83% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 50% · 178 middle schools compared
343 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 5–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant town
- Run by
- Putnam School District
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Putnam School District.
Location
- Address
- 35 Wicker St., Putnam, CT 06260
- Phone
- (860)963-6920
- City or town
- Putnam
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5–8 | 360 | 12.0 | |
| 5–8 | 262 | 10.1 | |
| 5–8 | 692 | 12.4 | |
Webster Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 566 | 12.7 |
Dudley Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 540 | 13.0 |
| 5–8 | 373 | 10.8 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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