Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School - New London, Connecticut/CT

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Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School

36 Waller St., New London, CT, 06320-5216 -

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Definition of Terms

Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School

School Level

Middle school

Grades Offered

Grades PK - 10

County

New London County, CT

Students & Faculty

Total Students

691 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

46 teachers

Students by Grade

Pre-K - 2 students

Kind - 1 students

Grade 6 - 49 students

Grade 7 - 240 students

Grade 8 - 247 students

Grade 9 - 151 students

Grade 10 - 1 students

This School

(CT) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:15

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CT) School Average

% American Indian	1%	n/a
% Asian	3%	3%
% Hispanic	47%	11%
% Black	34%	11%
% White	15%	74%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CT) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

64%

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

15%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(CT) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

New London School District

This School's Agency

(CT) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	8	6
Number of Students Managed	3,070 students	2,969 students
District Total Revenue	$56,768,000	$37,230,000
District Expenditure	$55,393,000	$35,824,000
District Revenue / Student	$18,491	$12,540
District Expenditure / Student	$18,043	$12,066

First-Day Flowers Greet New Staff In EL Schools (New London Day)
posted on September 1, 2009 at 10:14:28 am
East Lyme - When Superintendent James Lombardo started his tradition of delivering flowers to all new teachers during their first day of classes, many students' reactions were, “Is that your boyfriend?” Now, almost 25 years later and still carrying on the tradition, the students' reactions are a bit different. “Is that your grandfather?” Lombardo laughed. Lombardo, 59, continued the flower ...
Forum Explores Benefits Of Local Knowledge Of Superintendent (New London Day)
posted on August 26, 2009 at 10:12:30 am
Stonington - Shouldn't the person hired to be the next superintendent of schools here know enough about the school system to be able to tell the school board what its strengths and weaknesses are and how to make improvements before they are hired? That was the point made by former school board member Lynda Trebisacci Tuesday night during the second of three forums designed to let residents offer ...
New London school board unhappy with reading-test results (New London Day)
posted on August 21, 2009 at 10:28:50 am
New London - The Board of Education and the school administration Thursday addressed what one board member called “a crisis” in reading scores among elementary students on the 2009 Connecticut Mastery Test. Nearly half of New London's third-grade students scored below basic on the CMT reading exam, with 15.3 percent meeting goal, though scores in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades were higher. ...
Ex-New London educator named interim principal at L-OL High (New London Day)
posted on August 9, 2009 at 04:11:26 am
Old Lyme - Richard Foye, who recently retired as headmaster-superintendent of Woodstock Academy, has been named the interim principal of Lyme-Old Lyme High School. The New London native is serving as interim superintendent of Griswold schools through Aug. 24, when that district's new superintendent, Paul Freeman - currently assistant superintendent of East Lyme schools - is scheduled to begin ...
A Hidden Swimming Hole (New London Day)
posted on August 5, 2009 at 10:19:36 am
From the car window Tuesday afternoon I caught a fleeting glance at what appeared to be a summer scene of classic Americana. A group of boys in swimsuits was jumping off the sides of a wooden train trestle, arms and legs flailing before kicking up big splashes as they landed in the water below. It's not such an unusual sight, maybe, to find a group of kids working a swimming hole on a hot August ...