Torrington Middle School

Summary:

Torrington Middle School is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in Torrington, Connecticut, which is part of the Torrington School District. The school has seen a decline in its student racial makeup, with the percentage of white students decreasing and the percentage of Hispanic students increasing over the past few years.

Academically, Torrington Middle School consistently underperforms compared to the state average on standardized tests, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) ranging from 29.3% to 38.2% and Mathematics proficiency rates ranging from 13.1% to 21.8%, well below the state averages. The school also struggles to effectively serve certain student subgroups, ranking in the bottom quartile of Connecticut middle schools for both female and male students, as well as for white students. However, the school performs exceptionally well for English Language Learner (ELL) students, ranking 1st and 2nd out of all Connecticut middle schools in recent years.

Compared to nearby middle schools, such as Chippens Hill Middle School in Bristol and Wamogo Regional Middle School in Litchfield, Torrington Middle School's performance is generally lower. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 61.23% to 69.71% over the past three school years, which is significantly higher than the state average and indicates a high concentration of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 200 Middle School Rd.
       Torrington, CT  06790


(860) 496-4050

District: Torrington School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
174th of 250 Connecticut Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $20,135 Help


Students who attend Torrington Middle School usually attend:

High:    Torrington High School

Feeder schools for Torrington Middle School:

Elementary:    Forbes School
    Southwest School
    Torringford School
    Vogel-Wetmore School

Student/teacher ratio:  12.0 Help
Number of students:  969

Racial breakdown:

White:
46.3%
Hispanic:
41.6%
African American:
5.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  66.8% Help


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Compare Details Torrington Middle School ranks worse than 69.6% of middle schools in Connecticut. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.09. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (46.3%), Hispanic (41.6%), African American (5.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 66.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Torrington Middle School is 12. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Torrington Middle School is $20,135.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Torrington Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Torrington Middle School 174th of 250 Connecticut public middle schools. (See Torrington Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Torrington School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Torrington School District 133rd of 158 Connecticut school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Torrington Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Torrington Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 50.85 152nd 248 38.7%
2007 50.57 154th 250 38.4%
2008 51.68 151st 252 40.1%
2009 51.06 155th 255 39.2%
2010 54.72 153rd 268 42.9%
2011 56.32 155th 269 42.4%
2012 58.40 155th 272 43.0%
2013 57.05 155th 278 44.2%
2015 33.73 183rd 280 34.6%
2016 22.58 184th 246 25.2%
2017 18.85 190th 250 24.0%
2018 24.74 181st 249 27.3%
2019 27.85 171st 259 34.0%
2021 33.49 173rd 275 37.1%
2022 30.49 156th 250 37.6%
2023 27.68 159th 249 36.1%
2024 23.09 174th 250 30.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Torrington Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 73.36 2nd 34 94.1%
2022 50.27 1st 26 96.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Torrington Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 43.57 135th 244 44.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Torrington Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 32.71 71st 104 31.7%
2021 44.49 113th 218 48.2%
2022 43.35 69th 106 34.9%
2023 41.56 63rd 109 42.2%
2024 30.52 85th 114 25.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Torrington Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.67 138th 160 13.8%
2019 19.86 135th 169 20.1%
2021 33.93 148th 235 37.0%
2022 31.60 117th 166 29.5%
2023 23.69 118th 160 26.3%
2024 12.61 138th 161 14.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Torrington Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 21.13 85th 104 18.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Torrington Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.45 127th 164 22.6%
2019 22.08 131st 167 21.6%
2021 25.70 163rd 224 27.2%
2022 20.88 128th 169 24.3%
2023 16.99 128th 158 19.0%
2024 12.62 135th 157 14.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Torrington Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.56 52nd 75 30.7%
2019 35.34 57th 97 41.2%
2021 42.10 82nd 146 43.8%
2022 36.64 53rd 97 45.4%
2023 30.09 72nd 99 27.3%
2024 28.97 75th 104 27.9%
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Rank History for White students at Torrington Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 6.95 156th 168 7.1%
2019 10.03 151st 166 9.0%
2021 12.29 159th 175 9.1%
2022 11.92 137th 151 9.3%
2023 8.47 146th 158 7.6%
2024 9.06 144th 154 6.5%
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Data source: test scores: Connecticut Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Connecticut State Department of Education

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Reviews:
by a student
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Open Quote As a student who has gone to Torrington Middle School for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade I have to say it wasn’t that great to begin with and only kept going down hill. The students themselves were pretty awful to deal with since they took the greatest pleasure in making my time here miserable. I was only able to find a few diamonds in the rough that have been with me since day one and I hope to keep them with me for they proved to me to be great people. I can only count maybe five or six teachers throughout all the years I’ve been there that were actually good. One of the bad ones was a complete menace and always went after this one kid for doing very little to nothing wrong. Another teacher would get very angry with the students in his class for things happening in his own life that we had absolutely nothing to do with. Along with many teachers having toxic personalities and not teaching their classes, many students have tried to commit suicide in the school. One account I remember vividly was a girl tried to hang herself in the bathroom on the second to last day of school. I’m very glad to have graduated from that school with subpar grades and to have gotten accepted into a much better high school out of town. I still carry some bad memories and trama from being around horrible people 24/7. Anyone that goes to the school I went to I wish you the best. You’re going to need the good luck. Close Quote


by a parent
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Open Quote Safety is a huge issue at this school. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Torrington Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 524 17 17 4 4 n/a n/a 0 566
1989 503 13 19 3 1 n/a n/a 0 539
1990 539 12 16 5 n/a n/a n/a 0 572
1991 543 24 10 8 3 n/a n/a 0 588
1992 896 41 17 15 11 n/a n/a 0 980
1993 967 33 21 22 4 n/a n/a 0 1047
1994 988 27 30 26 5 n/a n/a 0 1076
1995 1054 34 26 26 6 n/a n/a 0 1146
1996 1054 34 26 26 6 n/a n/a 0 1146
1997 1087 40 32 29 6 n/a n/a 0 1194
1998 1118 52 35 33 3 n/a n/a 0 1241
1999 1097 49 37 30 4 n/a n/a 0 1217
2000 1114 46 28 57 0 n/a n/a 0 1245
2001 1153 51 27 65 1 n/a n/a 0 1297
2002 1169 69 29 88 1 n/a n/a -7 1349
2003 1169 69 29 88 1 n/a n/a -7 1349
2004 1131 73 24 84 2 n/a n/a 0 1314
2005 1065 64 30 99 1 n/a n/a 0 1259
2006 986 63 26 116 4 n/a n/a 0 1195
2007 919 71 37 147 6 n/a n/a 0 1180
2008 891 72 42 150 7 n/a n/a 0 1162
2009 856 65 37 151 5 n/a n/a 0 1114
2010 875 69 31 160 1 n/a n/a 0 1136
2011 865 64 28 171 2 0 4 0 1134
2012 845 61 35 176 2 0 8 0 1127
2013 771 47 31 181 3 2 21 0 1056
2014 735 56 32 190 3 1 24 0 1041
2015 695 53 34 190 5 3 32 0 1012
2016 691 42 36 207 4 2 32 0 1014
2017 674 42 39 233 3 4 34 0 1029
2018 660 35 42 266 1 3 35 0 1042
2019 601 42 42 259 1 3 37 0 985
2020 570 46 44 299 1 2 40 0 1002
2021 549 40 44 318 1 1 34 0 987
2022 517 49 42 362 1 1 36 0 1008
2023 480 49 33 373 0 0 36 4 975
2024 449 51 34 403 2 0 29 1 969

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Torrington Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 566 51.0 11.0 n/a
1989 539 47.0 11.4 n/a
1990 572 47.0 12.1 n/a
1991 588 49.8 11.8 n/a
1992 980 66.4 14.7 5.9
1993 1047 67.9 15.4 1.2
1994 1076 72.6 14.8 22.4
1995 1146 83.9 13.7 24.3
1996 1146 83.9 13.7 24.3
1997 1194 81.7 14.6 15.1
1998 1241 84.5 14.7 14.6
1999 1217 87.5 13.9 21.9
2000 1245 88.8 14.0 25.4
2001 1297 89.9 14.4 n/a
2002 1349 85.3 15.9 26.8
2003 1349 85.3 15.9 26.8
2004 1314 81.2 16.2 28.8
2005 1259 72.8 17.3 n/a
2006 1195 72.9 16.4 31.6
2007 1180 72.2 16.3 31.8
2008 1162 84.8 13.7 33.5
2009 1114 83.5 14.0 32.2
2010 1136 78.8 14.4 37.9
2011 1134 80.0 14.1 41.2
2012 1127 81.3 13.8 45
2013 1056 79.0 13.3 47.3
2014 1041 78.9 13.1 49.5
2015 1012 77.0 13.1 49.3
2016 1014 79.0 12.8 49.2
2017 1029 80.2 12.8 54.4
2018 1042 79.9 13.0 54
2019 985 73.4 13.4 60.9
2020 1002 74.1 13.5 66.4
2021 987 70.0 14.1 69.7
2022 1008 77.0 13.0 64.3
2023 975 82.7 11.7 61.2
2024 969 80.0 12.0 66.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Torrington Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 566 51.0 11.0 n/a
1989 539 47.0 11.4 n/a
1990 572 47.0 12.1 n/a
1991 588 49.8 11.8 n/a
1992 980 66.4 14.7 5.9
1993 1047 67.9 15.4 1.2
1994 1076 72.6 14.8 22.4
1995 1146 83.9 13.7 24.3
1996 1146 83.9 13.7 24.3
1997 1194 81.7 14.6 15.1
1998 1241 84.5 14.7 14.6
1999 1217 87.5 13.9 21.9
2000 1245 88.8 14.0 25.4
2001 1297 89.9 14.4 n/a
2002 1349 85.3 15.9 26.8
2003 1349 85.3 15.9 26.8
2004 1314 81.2 16.2 28.8
2005 1259 72.8 17.3 n/a
2006 1195 72.9 16.4 31.6
2007 1180 72.2 16.3 31.8
2008 1162 84.8 13.7 33.5
2009 1114 83.5 14.0 32.2
2010 1136 78.8 14.4 37.9
2011 1134 80.0 14.1 41.2
2012 1127 81.3 13.8 45
2013 1056 79.0 13.3 47.3
2014 1041 78.9 13.1 49.5
2015 1012 77.0 13.1 49.3
2016 1014 79.0 12.8 49.2
2017 1029 80.2 12.8 54.4
2018 1042 79.9 13.0 54
2019 985 73.4 13.4 60.9
2020 1002 74.1 13.5 66.4
2021 987 70.0 14.1 69.7
2022 1008 77.0 13.0 64.3
2023 975 82.7 11.7 61.2
2024 969 80.0 12.0 66.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Torrington Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $16,299
2019 $17,949
2020 $16,830
2021 $17,965
2022 $20,870
2023 $20,135

Data source: Connecticut Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Torrington Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 171st of 259 Middle schoolsRanks 159th of 249 Middle schools
 2.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Torrington Middle School)50.540.2
 10.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Torrington School District)50.140.1
 10%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Connecticut)55.348
 7.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Torrington Middle School)33.617.2
 16.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Torrington School District)33.417.2
 16.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Connecticut)45.439.6
 5.8%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Torrington Middle School)32.436.8
 4.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Torrington School District)32.336.4
 4.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Connecticut)56.148.8
 7.3%
7th Grade Mathematics (Torrington Middle School)22.517.3
 5.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Torrington School District)22.317.2
 5.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Connecticut)46.139.9
 6.2%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Torrington Middle School)48.239.3
 8.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Torrington School District)47.939.1
 8.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Connecticut)55.848.5
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Torrington Middle School)2515.4
 9.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Torrington School District)24.715.2
 9.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Connecticut)43.536.2
 7.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students985975
 1%
African American4249
 16.7%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian4233
 21.4%
Hispanic259373
 44%
Pacific Islander30
 100%
White601480
 20.1%
Two or More Races3736
 2.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients60.9%61.2%
 0.3%


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Students at Torrington Middle School are 46% White, 42% Hispanic, 5% African American, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

Torrington Middle School ranks 174th of 250 Connecticut middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 969 students attended Torrington Middle School.

Students who attend Torrington Middle School usually go on to attend Torrington High School


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