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The Friendship School
24 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford, CT, 06385 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
The Friendship School
School Level Primary school
School Type Magnet School
Grades Offered Grades PK - KG
County New London County, CT
Students & Faculty
Total Students 464 students
% Male / % Female 53%  /  47%
Total Classroom Teachers 31 teachers
Students by Grade
Pre-K - 304 students
Kind - 160 students
This School
(CT) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:15 1:18
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(CT) School Average
% American Indian 2% n/a
% Asian 5% 4%
% Hispanic 27% 17%
% Black 16% 15%
% White 51% 63%
Additional Student Information
This School
(CT) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 30% 21%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 8% 5%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(CT) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Learn School District
This School's Agency
(CT) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 3 5
Number of Students Managed 1,017 students 2,310 students
District Total Revenue $17,884,000 $28,568,000
District Expenditure $1,469,000 $26,935,000
District Revenue / Student $17,585 $12,367
District Expenditure / Student $1,444 $11,660
In the News:
  • Local schools recieve learning grants from bank (The Norwich Bulletin)
    posted on November 6, 2009 at 04:57:07 pm
    Twelve schools in central and southeastern Connecticut received a total of $20,000 in grants from the Liberty Bank Foundation to support remediation programs for students who are having difficulty with their schoolwork.
  • Second phase of Groton school project revealed (The Day)
    posted on September 11, 2009 at 10:26:11 am
    Waterford - Architects yesterday showed initial plans for Phase II of Groton's ongoing school construction project that could dramatically alter the way elementary and middle school students are educated in the town. Architects from JCJ Architecture, the firm overseeing the design process, presented a proposal to convert Groton's West Side Middle and S.B. Butler Elementary schools into ...
  • Two Early Childhood Centers Could Mean Just One Groton Middle School (New London Day)
    posted on June 9, 2009 at 10:07:34 am
    Groton - Though the second phase of the town's school-building project had centered around the idea of having two middle schools, officials in recent months
  • String Section (New London Day)
    posted on May 1, 2009 at 11:44:39 am
    As their mothers watch, violin students, from left, Sofia Folina, Gwyneth Howes, Alizae Gaston and Troy Thomas, work with instructor Irene Morose Rissi, left, at
  • Photo - B1 1reg041409 (New London Day)
    posted on April 14, 2009 at 10:18:33 am
    Brent, left, and Morgan Cavallaro, of Uncasville, watch as George Harran, not pictured, demonstrates the controls and switches on a massive model train display by the Mohegan and Pequot Model Railroad Club at the Friendship School in Waterford on Monday.
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School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (06385)
School Zip (06385)
(CT) State Average
Population (Approximate) 15,811 people 3,282,160 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 37% 35%
Population Average Age 43 years old 37 years old
Average Household size 2.4 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $55,984 $52,927
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 6.1 rooms 5.5 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 46 years old 48 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (06385)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 84% / 16% 62% / 38%
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