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Colchester School District

Colchester, Connecticut · Public school district · #73 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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2,101

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$21,892

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

10.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Colchester School District is a public school district based in Colchester, Connecticut, serving 2,101 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #73 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 33% of them. Its schools average 525 students each, about the same as the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $21,892 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 10.7 students per teacher.

How Colchester compares

ColchesterConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$21,892

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

Instruction spending per student$13,104

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

Students per school525

Connecticut median 508 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.7

Connecticut median 11.5 · 7% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor420

Connecticut median 321 · 31% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$52.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 38%Local 59%

Measure	Colchester	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$21,892	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$13,104	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$51.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$52.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	196	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	449	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.7	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	420	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
Seymour School DistrictSeymour	2,103	4	$19,993	13.2	#72
Colchester School DistrictColchester · this district	2,101	4	$21,892	10.7	#73
Weston School DistrictWeston	2,101	4	$26,075	11.4	#74
Wolcott School DistrictWolcott	2,100	5	$19,056	10.9	#75
Norwich Free Academy DistrictNorwich	2,097	1	n/a	14.1	#76

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Twin Lakes School CorporationMonticello, IN	2,102	$10,485	14.0
MoberlyMoberly, MO	2,102	$11,028	11.3
Beatrice Public SchoolsBeatrice, NE	2,102	$12,277	15.1
Oyster River Coop School DistrictDurham, NH	2,102	$20,847	11.7

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.

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