Qualifications of Teachers Teaching in the Core Academic Areas
Toquam Magnet School, Stamford School District

General Information

These data are provided to describe your school because the NCLB law requires that poor or minority students are not taught by inexperienced, unqualified, or out-of-field teachers at a higher rate than other students. In the CSDE teacher quality analysis, each public school was assigned to a quartile based on the percentage of students in poverty, the percentage of minority students, and the percentage of teachers with two or less years of experience. The state percentage of inexperienced teachers is 16.6 while the percentage in high poverty/minority schools is approximately 22. The percentage in low poverty/minority schools is approximately 15.
Is this school in the high poverty quartile? No
Is this school in the low poverty quartile? No
Is this school in the high minority quartile? No
Is this school in the low minority quartile? No
Is this school in the high inexperience quartile? No
Is this school in the low inexperience quartile? No
School Percent Poverty 52.5
School Percent Minority 69.2
Percent of Teachers 2 or less years of experience 16.3
School percent of classes taught by teachers holding emergency or temporary certification 5.5
District percent of classes taught by teachers holding emergency or temporary certification 1.1
State percent of classes taught by teachers holding emergency or temporary certification 0.4


General Teacher and Class Information

These data are the highly qualified and not highly qualified teacher FTEs as well as the number of classes taught by highly qualified and not highly qualified teachers.
Total Teacher FTE 42.1
Highly Qualified Teacher FTE 41.1
Not Highly Qualified Teacher FTE 1.0
Total Number of Classes 91
Number of Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers 86
Number of Classes Taught by Not Highly Qualified Teachers 5


School Classes Taught By Highly And Not Highly Qualified Teachers

Percent of Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers Percent of Classes Taught by Not Highly Qualified Teachers
2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 94.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.5


Connecticut Classes Taught By Highly And Not Highly Qualified Teachers

  Percent of Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers Percent of Classes Taught by Not Highly Qualified Teachers
2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011
State Overall 98.0 98.5 98.7 99.2 99.4 2.0 1.5 1.3 0.8 0.6
State High Poverty Schools 95.9 97.0 97.5 98.3 98.5 4.1 3.0 2.5 1.7 1.5
State Low Poverty Schools 98.9 99.9 99.2 99.6 99.8 1.1 0.1 0.8 0.4 0.2
State High Minority Schools 95.8 96.8 97.5 98.2 98.4 4.2 3.2 2.5 1.8 1.6
State Low Minority Schools 98.6 99.1 99.2 99.5 99.8 1.4 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.2