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Mcalister Intermediate School

Serves grades 3 - 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
260 Mountain Road
Suffield, CT 06078
Phone
(860) 668-3830
District
Suffield School District
County
CAPITOL PLANNING REGION
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
426
Classroom Teachers
34

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Connecticut

7

(10 is best)

Better than 66.9% of all CT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Mcalister Intermediate School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
62%
48%
58%
46%
66%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
54%
49%
52%
49%
55%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
63%
47%
70%
51%
55%
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
13
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 3 150 35.2%
Grade 4 142 33.3%
Grade 5 134 31.5%
Total 426 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 82.7% 82.2% 49.8%
Black 3.1% 3.9% 13.1%
Hispanic 9.0% 9.0% 31.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.2% 4.6% 5.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 15.7% 16.4% 40.5%
Free lunch eligible 11.0% 12.2% 34.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.7% 4.2% 5.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 15,676 3,626,205
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 370.7 747
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.3% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.5% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.0% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.5% 27.6%
65 OR OLDER 17.8% 17.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 5,307 1,409,807
Single Parent Households With Children 6.2% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.3% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 42.0% 41.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 41.9% 27.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.3% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.3% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.9% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.2% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.3% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 4.1% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,333 $27,212,000 58.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,063 $4,210,000 9.1%
Staff $267 $545,000 1.2%
General Administration $730 $1,489,000 3.2%
School Administration $1,313 $2,680,000 5.8%
Operation $1,746 $3,564,000 7.7%
Transportation $665 $1,357,000 2.9%
Other $22 $44,000 0.1%
Total Support $6,805 $13,889,000 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,501 $5,104,000 11.0%
Total Expenditures $22,638 $46,205,000 100.0%
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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