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Derby High School

8 Nutmeg Avenue, Derby, CT, 06418-1126 -

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Definition of Terms

Derby High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades KG - 12

County

New Haven County, CT

Students & Faculty

Total Students

578 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

40 teachers

Students by Grade

Kind - 1 students

Grade 3 - 1 students

Grade 7 - 22 students

Grade 8 - 130 students

Grade 9 - 113 students

Grade 10 - 108 students

Grade 11 - 114 students

Grade 12 - 89 students

This School

(CT) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:14

1:18

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CT) School Average

% American Indian	1%	n/a
% Asian	1%	3%
% Hispanic	14%	17%
% Black	13%	14%
% White	71%	63%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CT) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

35%

21%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(CT) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Derby School District

This School's Agency

(CT) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	3	4
Number of Students Managed	1,478 students	1,967 students
District Total Revenue	$18,070,000	$25,820,000
District Expenditure	$17,550,000	$23,657,000
District Revenue / Student	$12,226	$12,537
District Expenditure / Student	$11,874	$12,027
District Graduation Rates	88%	95%

Derby is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 12,391, at the 2000 census. With 5 square miles of land area, Derby is Connecticut's smallest municipality.
The town has a Metro-North railroad station called Derby-Shelton.
History: In the Nineteenth century, both corsets and hoop skirts were manufactured in the city.
Charlton Comics, a comic book publishing company that existed from 1944 to 1986, was based in town.
The Green received a complete makeover in the spring of 1999.
Derby sites on the National Register of Historic Places: The Kraus Corset Factory, now the Sterling Rowe Apartment House on the corner of Roosevelt Drive and Third Street.
Osborne Homestead, originally a farm house built in the early Nineteenth century, nothing is known of the first occupants. In 1867, Wilbur Osborne and Ellen Lucy Davis, married and moved there. The couple ran a dairy farm there, and Mr. Osborne owned and ran several industries in Derby, Ansonia and Bridgeport. Their sole surviving daughter, Frances, took over after her father's death and became a prominent businesswoman -- president of the Union Fabric Co., vice president of Connecticut Clasp, treasurer of the F. Kelly Company, and a founding partner of Steels and Busks, Ltd. Of Leicester, England. She married Waldo Stewart Kellogg in 1919, and he took charge of the dairy, using selective breeding to make the heard "famous throughout New England for quality milk production.
Howe House, built in 1845, the former residence of Dr. John I. Howe, who spent much of his early career as a resident physician in the New York City Almshouse. There he saw how English inmates made pins. He had an idea for making them by machine, and in 1829 stopped practicing medicine after he and Lemuel Wellman Wright had invented the first practical, all-automatic pin-making machine. Previously, "it took 18 different operations to form one pin, and a package of handmade pins cost $1.00!" The Howe Manufacturing Company was founded in New York City in 1835, but moved the company to Birmingham to take advantage of water power there. By 1842 Howe had "perfected the solid-headed pin.
Sterling Opera House: was built in 1889 to seat 1250, and remained in use until 1945. City Hall and a police station occupied the two lower levels until 1965. Entertainers and others who have appeared at the Sterling Opera House include Amelia Earhart, John L. Sullivan, Harry Houdini, George Burns, Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, comedian Red Skelton, and composer John Philip Sousa.
"D.W. Griffith (producer of silent films) was so pleased with the reception his Birth of a Nation received in Derby that he used the theater to try out several of his subsequent films before their general release," according to the Electronic Valley Web site.
The Sterling Opera House was the first structure in Connecticut to be listed on the National Register.
Derby Public Library, built in 1902 with Ansonia marble, the library was originally founded as a free reading room in 1868. The land was provided by the Sarah Riggs Humphreys Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, on the condition that the building would always have a room the chapter could use. The chapter also donated $5,000 for books with the stipulation that people in the town raise an equal amount.
Birmingham Green Historic District: was designated on April 21, 2000, as Derby's sixth site on the National Register of Historic Places.
Notable residents, past and present: Samuel George Andrews, (1796-1863), born in Derby, United States Congressman from New York.
Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett (1833- 1908), the first black American diplomat (appointed in 1869 to Haiti), was raised in Derby.
Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-Man comics hero, once lived in town.
Isaac Hull (1773 - 1843), commodore in the U.S. Navy; commanded U.S.S. Constitution among other ships.
David Humphreys, American Revolutionary War soldier, public official and entrepreneur.
Orson Hyde (1805 � 1878) a leader in the Latter Day Saint (Mormon) movement, raised in town.
Elizabeth Ann Whitney (1800 - 1882), early Latter Day Saint (Mormon) leader born in town.
Brian Dennehy, actor in movies such as First Blood and Cocoon, lived in Derby during his early life and was a Boy Scout in Troop 3, based in Derby.
Nick Pietrosante, NFL Fullback for the Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns and Notre Dame Fighting Irish, was born in Derby.
Sean Conlon, Singer/Songwriter and Renaissance Man, was born and raised in Derby.
Landmark: At the intersection of Seymour and Atwater avenues, the city has resurrected a "historic trough" -- a century-old granite structure with lion-head spigots-- as an entrance marker to the Derby Greenway. The 5-ton trough was at the site a hundred years ago.
Geography: According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 8.7 km� (5.4 mi�). 12.9 km� (5.0 mi�) of it is land and 1.0 km� (0.4 mi�) of it (7.41%) is water. The city is home to the 1.4 km� (350 acre) Osbornedale State Park.
Demographics:
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,391 people, 5,252 households, and 3,245 families residing in the town. The population density was 960.7/km� (2,487.6/mi�). There were 5,568 housing units at an average density of 431.7/km� (1,117.8/mi�). The racial makeup of the town was 90.08% White, 3.62% Black or African American, 0.16% Native American, 1.74% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 2.52% from other races, and 1.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.67% of the population.
There were 5,252 households out of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.1% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were non-families. 32.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.94.
In the town the population was spread out with 21.7% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 33.0% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $45,670, and the median income for a family was $54,715. Males had a median income of $42,367 versus $30,458 for females. The per capita income for the town was $23,117. About 6.9% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.1% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.
Plans for the future: The Howe House "will become home of the Lower Naugatuck Valley Industrial Heritage Center; where the Derby Historical Society's extensive collection of Industrial Era artifacts will be properly displayed. Future educational programs will include student hands-on programs that will introduce the Industrial Revolution and the Valley's active role in this period.
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About This Zip Code (06418)

School Zip (06418)

(CT) State Average

Population (Approximate)

12,391 people

3,282,160 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

24%

35%

Population Average Age

38 years old

37 years old

Average Household size

2.3 persons

2.4 persons

Median Household Income

$45,670

$52,927

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5.1 rooms

5.5 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

54 years old

48 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

58% / 42%

62% / 38%

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