District profile / Connecticut

Darien School District

Darien, Connecticut · Public school district · #27 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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4,673

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$25,172

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 15% above the Connecticut median

10.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Darien School District is a public school district based in Darien, Connecticut, serving 4,673 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #27 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 76% of them. Its schools average 668 students each, more than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $25,172 per student on day-to-day operations, 15% more than the Connecticut median. It has roughly 10.9 students per teacher.

How Darien compares

DarienConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$25,172

Connecticut median $21,960 · 15% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$14,485

Connecticut median $13,098 · 11% above · FY2020-21

Students per school668

Connecticut median 508 · 31% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.9

Connecticut median 11.5 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor312

Connecticut median 321 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$142.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 1%State 14%Local 85%

Measure	Darien	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$25,172	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$14,485	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$138.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$142.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	429	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	923	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.9	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	312	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
Enfield School DistrictEnfield	4,694	8	$18,860	13.1	#26
Darien School DistrictDarien · this district	4,673	7	$25,172	10.9	#27
Shelton School DistrictShelton	4,518	8	$19,643	14.2	#28
Ridgefield School DistrictRidgefield	4,484	9	$25,037	11.7	#29
Middletown School DistrictMiddletown	4,394	10	$24,328	11.9	#30

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lawrence CountyMoulton, AL	4,676	$10,917	17.0
Northmont CityEnglewood, OH	4,676	$13,770	17.6
CHSD 99Downers Grove, IL	4,673	$22,244	14.3
Bernards Township School DistrictBasking Ridge, NJ	4,673	$23,393	11.0

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-darien-school-district