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Thursday, August 28, 2008

08/27/08 GREENWICH ROUNDUP READER RESPONDS: Greenwich School's Test Scores

See how the Greenwich School's rank against the other schools in the state on standardized test's at www.schooldigger.com and post the results on The Greenwich Roundup, should make for some interesting reading!

Regards,

Robert E. Fiala

rfiala@snet.net

Someone Should Get These Results To The
Board Of Education's Boy
Greenwich Time Reporter Colin Gustafson

Greenwich High School

43rd (of 166 public high schools)

Type: Regular school

Status: Operational

Locale: Urban fringe of a mid-size city

Total Students(2005 - 2006*): 2140

Fulltime teachers: 181.7

Student/Teacher Ratio: 11.8

Eligible for discounted/free lunch: 176 ( 8 %)

Am. Indian/Alaska Native: 0 ( 0 %)

Asian/Pacific Islander: 154 ( 7 %)

Hispanic: 263 ( 12 %)

African American: 84 ( 4 %)

White: 1639 ( 77 %)

Unspecified: 0 ( 0 %)

* This is the most current data available from the U.S. Dept of Education


And Things Have Only Gotten Worse Since The

2005 -2006 School Year !!!


Please notice how families started leaving the Greenwich Public Schools.

In 2005 there were 2,692 students and in

2006 there were only 2140 students.

The number of students enrolled has

went down every year since then.
Families with the ability to pay have been paying for private schools and minority students are dropping out in record numbers.

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