C lick the links below to read about the Stamford Public Schools "Tradition of Excellence:"

General Information

• There are 15,000+ students in the Stamford Public Schools.

• The Stamford Public School district consists of 20 schools:  12 elementary (grades K-12); 5 middle schools
  (grades 6-8); and three high schools (grades 9-12).

• The district has four magnet elementary schools (Hart, Toquam, Westover, and the International School at Rogers) and one magnet middle school (Scofield). Admittance is through a lottery system. There is one interdistrict magnet high school, the Academy of Information Technology and Engineering, which requires an application process.

• Kindergarten is a full day program.

• The Stamford Public Schools’ curricula follow state and national standards.

• The high school curriculum includes Honors courses as well as 13 Advanced Placement courses in English Literature and Composition, Calculus, Computer Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, U.S. History, European History, French, Spanish, Music Theory, Studio Art, and Art History.  

• A multitude of after-school enrichment programs and clubs are offered at the elementary, middle and high schools. Sports are available through varsity, junior varsity and freshman teams, intramurals, city leagues and the Stamford Youth Foundation. 

• Bus transportation is provided for elementary students living one mile or more from school; for middle school students living one-and-a-half miles from school; and for high school students living two miles or more from school.

Honors/Awards

• Twenty high school students were named Commended Students by the National Merit Scholarship Program for being top scorers in critical reading, math and writing.
  
  
• Seventy-two students were named AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of exceptional achievement on the college level Advanced Placement exams. ‘AP Scholar’ is a designation earned by less than 20% of the more than one million high school students who take the AP exams.
  
• The S.M.A.R.T. Lego Team won a total of five awards at the Connecticut State Championship and represented Connecticut for the second time at the World Festival in Atlanta.
  
  
• Students in the Stamford Public Schools took home eleven awards, more than any other school district in the state, at the Connecticut History Day competition. Six students advanced to the National competition held at the University of Maryland. 

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Testing And Assessment

• On the Connecticut Mastery Tests (CMTs), more than 70% of Stamford students in grades 3-8 met proficiency standards in math and reading. A comparison of Connecticut Mastery Test results of Stamford students to students in neighboring towns, with demographics controlled, indicates that the achievement of Stamford students is competitive with the achievement of students in neighboring towns.

• High school students in the Stamford Public Schools posted the highest scores in five years in math, science, and reading, according to results of the March 2006 Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT)

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Standardized Achievement Tests (SAT's)

SATs (means for top tenth of class):

SAT IIs (mean scores for all students):

 
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