Summary:
Seymour School District contains a single high school, Seymour High School, serving 604 students in grades 9–12 in Seymour, CT. As the only high school in the district, its school-level and district-level test scores are identical, making it the clear focal point of the analysis.
Seymour High School shows a mixed but generally positive profile. The graduation rate is a clear strength at 94.8%, above both the district average of 94.3% and the state average of 91.2%. Math proficiency on the SAT also exceeds the state, with 35.2% of 11th graders proficient versus 31.3% statewide. However, English Language Arts proficiency fell sharply to 53.8%, now below the state average of 55.3% after being well above it the prior year. Science proficiency improved dramatically by 20.1 points to 47.6%, though it still trails the state by 2.9 points. Chronic absenteeism is 16.1%, near the state average of 16.4% but noticeably higher than the district's 12.8%.
The school has improved its statewide ranking for three straight years, rising from the 50th to the 53rd percentile. Its current rank of 63rd out of 133 high schools (3 stars) outpaces the district's overall rank of 98th out of 153 districts (2 stars), suggesting the high school is a relative bright spot. With a low student-teacher ratio of 11.8, students may benefit from more personalized instruction. More than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, making the above-average graduation rate especially noteworthy. Families should monitor the recent ELA decline and chronic absenteeism relative to the district, while the strong gains in science and math offer reason for optimism.
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