ACES at Chase

Public middle school, grades 6 to 9 · Waterbury, Connecticut

ACES at Chase in Waterbury, Connecticut enrolled 556 students in 2024-25 with 41.6 full-time teachers, 13.4 students per teacher against the Connecticut middle-school median of 11.2. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 44% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 27% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Connecticut: 50.5% and 41.2%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment fell 17% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 23%

671 students in 2022-23, 567 students in 2023-24, 556 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 54.0 to 41.6.

Students enrolled at ACES at Chase by school year2022-23: 671, 2023-24: 567, 2024-25: 55602004006008002022-236712023-245672024-25556
Students enrolled at ACES at Chase by school year2022-23: 671, 2023-24: 567, 2024-25: 55602004006008002022-236712023-245672024-25556
Students enrolled at ACES at Chase by school year2022-23: 671, 2023-24: 567, 2024-25: 55602004006008002022-236712023-245672024-25556
Students enrolled at ACES at Chase by school year2022-23: 671, 2023-24: 567, 2024-25: 55602004006008002022-236712023-245672024-25556
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2367154.012.4
2023-2456740.014.2
2024-2555641.613.4

13.4 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 89 of every 100 Connecticut middle schools

Among the 177 Connecticut middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 11.2; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Students per teacher, Connecticut middle schools, 2024-25177 values from 6.3 to 20.7; ACES at Chase 13.4; state median 11.2.1 more above 20.0 →5101520students per full-time teacherACES at Chase 13.4state median 11.2U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, Connecticut middle schools, 2024-25177 values from 6.3 to 20.7; ACES at Chase 13.4; state median 11.2.1 more above 20.0 →5101520students per full-time teacherACES at Chase 13.4state median 11.2U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, Connecticut middle schools, 2024-25177 values from 6.3 to 20.7; ACES at Chase 13.4; state median 11.2.1 more above 20.0 →5101520students per full-time teacherACES at Chase 13.4state median 11.2U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, Connecticut middle schools, 2024-25177 values from 6.3 to 20.7; ACES at Chase 13.4; state median 11.2.1 more above 20.0 →5101520students per full-time teacherACES at Chase 13.4state median 11.2U.S. 14.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).

One counselor per 237 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection ACES at Chase enrolled 712 students and had 3.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 82 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)3.0, one per 237 of the 712 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions82
  • Chronically absent27.1% (2022-23)

Who attends

38.8% of students were Hispanic, 34.5% White, 16.9% Black in 2024-25.

  1. Hispanic38.8%
  2. White34.5%
  3. Black16.9%
  4. Two or more races7.4%
  5. Asian2.2%
  6. American Indian0.2%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at ACES at Chase scored proficient or above: 44% in reading in 2021-22 and 27% in math in 2022-23, against 50.5% in reading in 2021-22 and 41.2% in math in 2022-23 across Connecticut. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Connecticut, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtConnecticut
Reading and language arts, 2021-2244%32%50.5%
Math, 2022-2327%18% (2021-22)41.2%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Middle schools in Waterbury

4 public middle schools in Waterbury report 2024-25 enrollment; ACES at Chase is number 4 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Michael F. Wallace Middle School1,05911.484.8%
West Side Middle School84810.681.6%
North End Middle School7669.984.6%
ACES at Chase55613.434.0%

All public schools in Waterbury →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about ACES at Chase

  1. West Side Middle SchoolThe nearest public middle school, 0.2 miles away: 848 students, 10.6 per teacher (2024-25).0.2 mi
  2. Memorial Middle SchoolThe next nearest public middle school, 1.4 miles away: 420 students, 11.3 per teacher (2024-25).1.4 mi
  3. Compare ACES at Chase with West Side Middle SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Area Cooperative Educational Services spends per studentIts schools, enrollment and finance figures.
  5. The largest public schools in ConnecticutACES at Chase is the number 74 by size of 177 Connecticut middle schools open in 2024-25.#74 of 177
  6. Connecticut schools by students per teacher13.4 students per teacher here against the Connecticut median of 11.2 for middle schools.13.4:1
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about ACES at Chase

  1. How many students attend ACES at Chase?
    556 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 671 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Waterbury, CT.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at ACES at Chase?
    13.4 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Connecticut median for middle schools is 11.2. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is ACES at Chase a Title I school?
    ACES at Chase ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at ACES at Chase do on state tests?
    The students tested at ACES at Chase scored proficient or above: 44% in reading in 2021-22 and 27% in math in 2022-23, against 50.5% in reading in 2021-22 and 41.2% in math in 2022-23 across Connecticut. Connecticut's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is ACES at Chase in?
    Area Cooperative Educational Services, NCES district ID 0900070. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 090007001358 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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