Mansfield Early Childhood Blueprint: 
Community Profile 

Number if Children Children in Mansfield Public Schoolsin Mansfield with Non-English Home Language 

Number of 
Children 
Under 5 years old 600 
5—9 years old 786 
Total 1,383 
Birth Cohort Approx. 138 

% Non-
English 
Total 
Enrollment 
# Non-
English 
Approx. # 
per Class 
Mansfield 
(elementary 
only) 
12.6% 727 92 16 
Vinton 4.4% 251 11 2 
Goodwin 18.1% 212 38 7 
Southeast 16.0% 264 43 8 

Race/Ethnicity: 
Mansfield Public School Students (2006-07) 


American Indian, 0.5% 

Asian American, 10.5% 

Black, 3.2%

White, 80.1% 

Hispanic, 5.6% 

Economic Indicators 

• 377 families made less than $25,000 per year 
• 44 Families with children under 6 live below the poverty line 
• 12 Families with children under 6 receive Temporary Family Assistance 
• 60 Children under 6 live in a single parent household 
• $69,661 = Median Family Household Income (2000) 

Childcare Availability 

• 12 family day care homes 
• 7 center-based day care facilities 
• Infants/toddlers (0-23 months) slots 
• 91 enrolled 
• 9 vacancies 
• Cost of care (Eastern CT) 
• Center-based = $184.66/wk (range $119-248/wk) 
• Home-based = $154.42/wk (range $100-225/wk) 

Community Connectedness 

• Estimated 10,200 registered voters, 
which is approx. 50% of Mansfield’s voting population 
• 61.8% of housing units are owner-occupied 
  (3,271 of 5,291 housing units) 
• 41.2% of residents have lived in Mansfield 5+ years 

Health Indicators 

• 14 children victims abuse/neglect in 2006 (down from 19 in 2003) 
• 508 Children under 19 enrolled in HUSKY insurance program (2007) 
• 16 mothers had inadequate prenatal care (2004) 
• 3 teenagers under 20 gave birth; 1 of these was under 18 (2006) 
• 4 very low birthweight babies born and 
  13 (12%) low birthweight babies born (2006) 
• 7 mothers with less than a HS diploma gave birth; 
  17 had only a HS diploma (2004) 

Kindergarteners with Preschool Experience 
40 
50 
60 
70 
80 
90 
100 
School Year 
Percent 
State 73.1 74.7 75.1 75.9 76.4 77 79.2 79.3 
ERG C 82.9 83.7 83.5 84.4 85.7 86.2 
Mansfield 86.7 78.8 78.2 76.2 76.5 79.4 81.2 79.7 
Vinton 88.9 89.3 71 74.4 76.5 71 72.5 66 
Goodwin 82.4 67.4 64 66.7 67.6 80.6 79.5 83.8 
Southeast 88.6 85.7 96.8 86.4 85.3 85.7 92.1 91.3 
1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 
Children Without PreK 
Experience 


While the majority of children in Mansfield arrive to 
kindergarten with preschool experience, the number of 
children arriving without experience during the 2006-07 
school year were approximately the following: 
Mansfield = 26 
Vinton School = 15 
Goodwin School = 6 
Southeast School = 4 


NOTE: Approximately 126 children are in kindergarten 
in Mansfield each year. This would mean 
that 10% would equal 13 children, 20% would 
equal 25 children, and so on. 

Mansfield Kindergarten Inventory Results: 
Fall 2007 


100% 
90% 
80% 
70% 

14% 
42% 
44% 
18% 
43% 
39% 
16% 
46% 
38% 
10% 
43% 
47% 
11% 
47% 
42% 
13% 
47% 
40% 

All/Most Skills

60% 
50% 



Some Skills 
40% 
No/Minimal Skills 
30% 
20% 
10% 
0% 


% Scoring at/above Goal on Reading 
(3rd Grade CMT) 
0 
20 
40 
60 
80 
100 
State 54.4 52.3 52.1 
Mansfield 78.9 68 68 
Goodwin 78 70.3 73.2 
Vinton 76.7 61.9 81.8 
Southeast 83 71.4 45.9 
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 
Children Performing Less than 
Goal Level on CMT 


The number of children in 3rd grade 
that are not reading at the State’s defined 
“goal” level on the CMT are approximately 
the following: 

Mansfield = 41 
Vinton School = 8 
Goodwin School = 10 
Southeast School = 24