King Philip Middle School
West Hartford School District
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School day
School starts at 8:00 AM and it ends at 2:50 PM. Students go to school 182 days a year. State law requires 180 days, and the state average is about 181 days.
Students get 30 minutes for lunch. They do not have recess.
Who goes here?
King Philip Middle School serves students from Grade 6 to 8.
A total of 906 students attended King Philip Middle School in the 2013-14 school year. The breakdown by gender and race is below:
By Gender
CategoryCount
Male460
Female446
Percentage by Race
CategoryStudentsStatewide
American Indian--3.3
Asian American12.46.4
Black7.716.5
White62.460.9
Hispanic14.123
Pacific Islander----
Two or more races33.5
Who teaches here?
The ratio of students versus certified staff is below, broken down by type of staff member.
*What is a 'similar school'?
Student/Staff ratio
Category20122012 simlar schools2012 state average20112011 similar schools2011 state average
Total9.910.29.810.212.412
Admin/Coordinators/Dept Chairs228202.7229.3228203.9194.6
Adult Education--594367.5--594217.8
Counselor/Social Work/Psychologist114168.2157.4130.3165.6164.1
General Education Teachers14.514.714.314.514.814.7
Instructional Specialists228164.9173.4228171.6172.6
Other Professionals--509.1445.5--509.1322
Special Ed. Teachers70.2106.895.882.9108.295.8
The total number of staff members is below.
Total Staff
Category20122012 simlar schools2012 state average20112011 similar schools2011 state average
Total9258.250894841
Admin/Coordinators/Dept Chairs42.92.142.92.5
Adult Education--11.3--12.3
Counselors/Social Workers/Psychologists83.53.173.63
General Education Teachers6340.434.36340.133.4
Instructional Specialists43.62.843.52.8
Other Professionals--1.21.1--1.21.5
Special Ed. Teachers135.65.1115.55.1
The average age of general education teachers in 2012 was 42.8.
Average Age
Category20122012 similar schools2012 state average
Admin/Coordinators/Dept Chairs49.350.150.3
Adult Education--6557.9
Counselor/Social Work/Psychologist43.144.544.5
General Education Teachers42.843.843.3
Instructional Specialists5047.848.6
Other Professionals--58.352.7
Special Ed. Teachers--43.844.9
The average experience of general education teachers in 2012 was 14.0 years.
Average Years of Experience
Category20122012 similar schools2012 state average
Admin/Coordinators/Dept Chairs19.522.422.2
Adult Education--40.524
Counselor/Social Work/Psychologist12.813.813.7
General Education Teachers1414.613.6
Instructional Specialists17.817.217.5
Other Professionals--3121.4
Special Ed. Teachers11.515.215.7
Administrators, Coordinators, Department Chairs are included in the breakdown below.
Number of Administrators, By Race
Category20122012 similar schools2012 state average
Asian--11.9
Black--12.8
Hispanic--12.3
Native American----1.6
White42.94.9
Number of General teachers, By Race
Category20122012 similar schools2012 state average
Asian--1.63
Black--1.35.3
Hispanic--12.3
Native American--12
White6338.661
Administrators, Coordinators and Department Chairs, By Gender
Category20122012 similar schools2012 state average
Female21.91.9
Male21.71.7
General Teachers, By Gender
Category20122012 similar schools2012 state average
Female4530.524.6
Male1810.79.5
Average days absent per classroom teacher
Category2012-132012-13 similar schools2012-13 statewide average2011-122011-12 similar schools2011-12 statewide average
Days7.899.57.88.18.7
Teacher salaries are broken down by subject type below. Note that averages for the state and similar schools compare teachers across all grade levels.
Teacher Salary
Category20122012 similar schools2012 statewide20112011 simlar schools2011 statewide
Arts61,08371,344.566,871.662,170.168,85166,261
Elem--72,422.467,435.7--71,343.966,667.2
Eng. Lang64,288.569,295.665,035.161,306.666,968.164,302.7
Math65,583.169,378.566,150.967,155.870,122.666,009.1
Other Subj69,595.974,177.568,946.267,663.171,516.868,253.8
Science68,595.174,538.268,248.163,702.472,563.266,891.1
Social Sciences--69,647.666,342.9--66,823.765,491.4
Social Studies80,366.370,669.366,369.479,410.869,500.665,907.5
Special Program68,476.573,329.273,799.764,621.671,367.972,452.4
Vocational53,169.374,988.570,335.551,437.374,256.371,251
World Lang63,126.968,130.264,654.667,112.865,793.764,071
Hours spent on subjects
In the 2012-13 school year, students spent 143 hours in an English Language Arts class, 143 hours in a math class, 143 hours in a science class and 143 hours in a social studies class . Note: Averages for similar schools and statewide schools don't include schools that do not offer the given subject. For example, not all schools offer world languages so they are not included in the averages.
Eighth Grade
Category2012-132012-13 similar schools2012-13 statewide2011-122011-12 similar schools2011-12 statewide
Art5034.6425034.640.2
Computers021.629.7021.628
English Language Arts143177.4231.8143177.6227.6
World Language143135.4129.5143136.2125.4
Health5031.428.25031.427.3
Family/Consumer030.832.1030.635.5
Math143140.4163.7143140.2158.6
Physical Education5059.957.75059.555.6
Science143140.4150.7143140.2148.9
Social Studies143140.4148.2143140.2146.5
Technology Education5035.739.95035.641.3
General Music4850.351.64850.649
Strings6172.273.76176.169.2
Vocal Music6176.167.46181.464.9
Band6175.767.46178.366.8
Below you can see the first grade in which a given non-ELL foreign language is offered. If blank, it was not offered in the 2012-13 school year.
First grade in which a non-ELL foreign language is offered in 2012-13
Language Grade
Spanish 6
French 6
Latin
German
Italian
Japanese
Chinese
Other Achievement
CMT and CAPT classification
Schools are classified in one of six categories, based on the progress of students in each school, as measured by test scores for the CMT and CAPT and high school graduation rates. The top classification is (1) Excelling, followed by (2) Progressing, (3) Transitioning, (4) Review, (5) Focus and (6) Turnaround. (More information here.)
This school was classified as Progressing for the 2012-13 school year.
HS Level math
In the 2012-13 school year, 3.7 percent of students took high school-level world lanaguge classes and 6.5 percent took high school-level math classes.
*What is a 'similar school'?
Eighth graders taking high-school level classes
Category2012-132012-13 statewide2012-13 similar schools2011-122011-12 statewide2011-12 similar schools
World Language3.764.375.21.769.170.9
Math6.541.846.43.743.345.5
Class size
The average class sizes for the seventh grade are split by subject below.
Seventh Grade
The average seventh grade class had 20.2 students in the 2012-13 school year. Here's how that breaks down by subject:
Category2012-132012-13 similar schools2012-13 statewide2011-122011-12 similar schools2011-12 statewide
English21.619.820.120.720.720.1
Math19.12020.318.42120.3
Science20.920.920.720.421.420.6
Soc. Studies19.420.420.518.121.320.6
The average class sizes for high school are split by subject below.
High School
The average class had students in the 2012-13 school year. Here's how that breaks down by subject:
Category2012-132012-13 similar schools2012-13 statewide2011-122011-12 similar schools2011-12 statewide
Algebra 1--18.417.6--19.218.1
Biology 1--19.918.5--20.319.3
English (10th)--20.818.6--20.619.1
American Hist.--21.119.3--2119.8
Attendance rate
Below are the average daily attendance, broken down by subgroups: gender, high-need students and race.
By Gender
Category2012-132011-12
All96.196.1
Statewide94.394.6
Similar Schools96.296.1
Male95.996
Female96.296.1
High-needs student attendance is below. If the value is unavailable, then the school either a) does not have enough students in the category for the data to be released or b) does not have any students in that categorization.
*What is a 'similar school'?
High-need students
Category2012-132012-13 similar schools2012-13 statewide2011-122011-12 similar schools2011-12 statewide
All students96.196.294.396.196.194.6
ELL students94.39694.294.795.894.7
with disabilities9595.593.494.995.393.7
Free lunch94.994.893.39494.893.6
Reduced lunch95.295.995.296.995.895.3
In shelters----89.6--83.889
Doubled up----89.6--93.590.8
Unsheltered------------
In hotel/motel----93.9----94
This is the daily average attendance, by race. If the value is 0, then the school either a) does not have enough students in the category for the data to be released or b) does not have any students in that categorization.
By Race
Category2012-132011-12
Asian9797
Black/African Am.96.297
White96.196.1
Hispanic/Latino94.794.3
Am. Indian/Alaska Native--96.2
Native Hawaiian/Other Pac Isl----
Two or more96.395.7
Student Need
At this school, 20.0 percent of students were eligible for free or reduced lunch in the 2013-14 school year.
Students whose families make less than 130 percent of the poverty level are eligible for free meals. Those whose families make between 130 and 185 percent of the poverty level are eligible for reduced lunch. (Poverty level for 2014 can be seen here.)
At some schools, 100 percent of the students are eligible because of the "Community Eligibility Provision." If 40 percent of a school's students received free meals through a list of approved programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, all students at the school can receive free lunches and breakfasts without an application.
*What is a 'similar school'?
Percentage of students eligible for free/reduced lunch
CategoryEligible studentsSimilar SchoolsStatewide
2011-1217.89.838.3
2012-1318.210.739.2
2013-142010.740
Number of students eligible for free/reduced lunch
CategoryEligible studentsSimilar SchoolsStatewide
2011-1215758.3182.9
2012-1316663.1189.8
2013-1418162376
Foreign language speakers
Students whose dominant language is not English. Note: The value of "5" indicates that five or fewer student speak the language.
Student total
CategoryStudents
Telugu5
Turkish5
Marathi5
Gujarati5
Hindi5
Somali5
Mandarin21
Korean5
Lao5
Vietnamese13
Igbo5
KhmerCambodian5
French5
Tigrinya5
Dari5
Bengali5
Russian8
Cantonese5
Creole-Jaotoam5
Punjabi5
Rumanian5
Nepali9
Serbo-Croatian5
Albanian5
Spanish54
Burmese5
Malayalam5
Italian5
Portuguese12
German5
Japanese5
Hebrew5
Urdu8
Arabic5
Creole-Haitian5
0
Non-certified staff
In the 2011-12 school years, this school had 46.18 full-time equivalent non-certified staff.
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Total
Category2011-122011-12 similar schools2011-12 state average
Total46.232.332.3
Instructional20.713.613.6
Pre-K03.73.7
Kinder03.23.2
Regular Program4.72.82.8
ESL/Bilingual01.21.2
Other Instructional02.32.3
Special Ed (Ages 3-5)03.83.8
Special Ed (Ages 6-21)158.68.6
Reading Instruction Assistant01.91.9
Library Media Support111
Technical01.81.8
School Nurse1.91.11.1
Other Support02.42.4
Admin. Support03.83.8
Aux. Admin. Support5.54.24.2
Maintainence033
Custodial103.93.9
Food service6.13.93.9
Transportation037.237.2
Security222
Other02.92.9
Per 100 students
Category2011-122011-12 similar schools2011-12 state average
Total0.16.26.6
Instructional2.32.42.8
Pre-K00.60.8
Kinder00.30.7
Regular Program0.50.50.6
ESL/Bilingual00.10.2
Other Instructional00.30.5
Special Ed (Ages 3-5)00.80.8
Special Ed (Ages 6-21)1.61.61.8
Reading Instruction Assistant00.30.4
Library Media Support0.10.20.2
Technical00.30.4
School Nurse0.20.20.2
Other Support00.30.5
Admin. Support00.60.8
Aux. Admin. Support0.60.80.9
Maintainence00.50.6
Custodial1.10.80.8
Food service0.70.70.8
Transportation0107.6
Security0.20.40.4
Other00.50.6
Discipline
The number of disciplinary incidents is broken down by the incidents and rate (per 1,000 students).
*What is a 'similar school'?
Total incident
CategoryIncidentsStatewide Average
2010-11161134
2011-1266146
2012-134657.2
INCIDENTS PER 1,000 STUDENTS
CategoryIncidentsSimilar Schools Statewide Average
2010-11177.779.9279.7
2011-1272.872.9304.8
2012-1350.844.4119.4
Below is the incident breakdown for the 2012-13 school year:
Incidents by type
CategoryIncidents
School Policy Violations16
Sexually Related Behavior--
Property Damage--
Personally Threatening Behavior9
Weapons--
Fighting and Battery21
Physical and Verbal Confrontation--
Theft Related Behaviors--
Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco--
Media and technology
Schools must keep track of their media and technology resources and report them each year.
Resources
Category 2011-12 Similar Statewide 2012-13 Similar Statewide
Students per computer 2.1 2.8 3.0 2.2 2.6 2.9
Pct connected to internet 100% 97.8% 98.0% 100% 98.6% 98.4%
Pct connected to high-speed internet 100% 97.8% 98.0% 100% 98.6% 98.3%
Pct of rooms connected to local area network 0% 99.9% 98.7% 100% 100% 99.0%
Pct of rooms connected to internet 100% 99.9% 99.6% 100% 100.0% 99.8%
Wireless network in school? -- -- Y -- --
Library in school? Y -- -- Y -- --
Volumes per student 30 32.9 29.5 28 33.3 32.9
Periodical subscriptions 15 23.1 21.5 17 22.6 21.1
Computers in library media center 35 27.9 21.7 35 28.3 23.1
Nonprint materials in library 1088 688.3 513.2 804 614.0 495.2
Fitness
The Connecticut Physical Fitness Assessment tests students on physical skills.
For 11-year-olds, the typical age of sixth graders when the start they year, the standard range is as follow:
For males: Sit-and-reach is 8 inches or above, for 90-degree push-ups it is 8 to 20, for curl-ups it is 15 to 28, and for the one-mile run, it is 8.5 to 11 minutes.
For females: Sit-and-reach is 10 inches or above, for 90-degree push-ups it is 7 to 15, for curl-ups it is 15 to 29, and for the one-mile run, it is 9 to 12 minutes.
*What is a 'similar school'?
Percentage of Sixth Graders passing
CategorySchoolSimilar SchoolsStatewide
Sit and reach64.480.578.8
Curlup82.288.282.7
Push up77.981.671.4
Mile run81.585.273.5
All42.660.749.7
For 13-year-olds, the typical age of eighth graders when the start they year, the standard range is as follow:
For males: Sit-and-reach is 8 inches or above, for 90-degree push-ups it is 12 to 25, for curl-ups it is 21 to 40, and for the one-mile run, it is 7.5 to 10 minutes.
For females: Sit-and-reach is 10 inches or above, for 90-degree push-ups it is 7 to 15, for curl-ups it is 18 to 32, and for the one-mile run, it is 9 to 11.5 minutes.
*What is a 'similar school'?
Percentage of Eighth Graders passing
CategorySchoolSimilar SchoolsStatewide
Sit and reach87.481.880.3
Curlup9190.381.7
Push up8283.971.1
Mile run76.185.867.7
All64.464.849