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Cheshire School District

Cheshire, Connecticut · Public school district · #31 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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4,317

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$21,102

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

12.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Cheshire School District is a public school district based in Cheshire, Connecticut, serving 4,317 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #31 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 72% of them. Its schools average 617 students each, more than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $21,102 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.8 students per teacher.

How Cheshire compares

CheshireConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$21,102

Connecticut median $21,960 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$13,115

Connecticut median $13,098 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school617

Connecticut median 508 · 21% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.8

Connecticut median 11.5 · 11% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor308

Connecticut median 321 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$94.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 24%Local 73%

Measure	Cheshire	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$21,102	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$13,115	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$92.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$94.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	337	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	837	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.8	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	308	321	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Connecticut median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Connecticut

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Ridgefield School DistrictRidgefield	4,484	9	$25,037	11.7	#29
Middletown School DistrictMiddletown	4,394	10	$24,328	11.9	#30
Cheshire School DistrictCheshire · this district	4,317	7	$21,102	12.8	#31
Farmington School DistrictFarmington	4,195	7	$21,352	12.4	#32
Simsbury School DistrictSimsbury	4,127	7	$22,076	12.7	#33

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Central ElementaryRancho Cucamonga, CA	4,320	$12,256	23.4
Mooresville Con School CorporationMooresville, IN	4,318	$9,032	18.5
Charter Oak UnifiedCovina, CA	4,314	$12,861	22.2
Coffee CountyManchester, TN	4,313	$10,170	n/a

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ct-cheshire-school-district