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Seymour High School

2 Botsford Rd., Seymour, CT, 06483-2302 -

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Definition of Terms

Seymour High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

New Haven County, CT

Students & Faculty

Total Students

765 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

56 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 97 students

Grade 10 - 235 students

Grade 11 - 193 students

Grade 12 - 240 students

This School

( CT ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:14

1:18

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( CT ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	3%
% Hispanic	7%	17%
% Black	3%	14%
% White	88%	63%

Additional Student Information

This School

( CT ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

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

Seymour School District

This School's Agency

( CT ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	5	4
Number of Students Managed	2,689 students	1,967 students
District Total Revenue	$36,750,000	$25,820,000
District Expenditure	$35,824,000	$23,657,000
District Revenue / Student	$13,667	$12,537
District Expenditure / Student	$13,322	$12,027
District Graduation Rates	91%	95%

Seymour High School is a secondary school in Seymour, Connecticut.
History: Currently Seymour High School serves students from Seymour, and a percentage of students from Oxford. Seymour built its first public High School in 1884 on Bank Street. It was on a two acre piece of property that the town purchased for $3,000 in June of 1884. When the school opened in the Fall of 1886.
In 1915 Seymour purchased land in the Pine Street area (near Broad Street area) and by 1916 a new high school opened. In the 1960s the Pine Street school was converted to a middle school and a new high school was opened on Botsford Road.
Renovation: According to the school's strategic profile a $21.9 million building project was completed on the high school in the fall of 2005.
Mission Statement: "Our mission at Seymour High School is to prepare each student to become a lifelong learner in a changing technological and multicultural society."
Seymour High School Expectations for Student Learning:
(1)The Seymour High School graduate uses standard English to write effectively for a variety of purposes.
(2)The Seymour High School graduate reads critically with understanding.
(3)The Seymour High School graduate speaks and listens effectively.
(4)The Seymour High School graduate uses basic computational skills to solve quantitative problems.
(5)The Seymour High School graduate recognizes problems and uses effective strategies to solve them.
(6)The Seymour High School graduate uses tools of technology to research and communicate.
(7)The Seymour High School graduate works actively and cooperatively with others to achieve group goals.
(8)The Seymour High School graduate contributes positively to school and community.
Athletics: Seymour is currently in the Naugatuck Valley League conference and has won the following Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference state championship class titles:
Baseball: 1952, 1962, 1969.
Football: 1980, 1993, 1998.
Girls Basketball: 1993, 1997, 1998.
Softball: 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2005.
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About This Zip Code (06483)

School Zip (06483)

(CT) State Average

Population (Approximate)

15,452 people

3,282,160 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

27%

35%

Population Average Age

39 years old

37 years old

Average Household size

2.5 persons

2.4 persons

Median Household Income

$52,408

$52,927

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5.7 rooms

5.5 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

45 years old

48 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

71% / 29%

62% / 38%

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