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East Hartford School District

East Hartford, Connecticut · Public school district · #16 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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6,504

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$20,984

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

11.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

East Hartford School District is a public school district based in East Hartford, Connecticut, serving 6,504 students in 12 schools. By enrollment it ranks #16 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 86% of them. Its schools average 542 students each, about the same as the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $20,984 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.8 students per teacher.

How East Hartford compares

East HartfordConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$20,984

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

Instruction spending per student$12,334

Connecticut median $13,098 · 6% below · FY2020-21

Students per school542

Connecticut median 508 · 7% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.8

Connecticut median 11.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor361

Connecticut median 321 · 12% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$154.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 54%Local 38%

Measure	East Hartford	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$20,984	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,334	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$153.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$154.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	553	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,216	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.8	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	361	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
Trumbull School DistrictTrumbull	6,943	9	$19,752	14.1	#14
Stratford School DistrictStratford	6,578	13	$20,894	12.5	#15
East Hartford School DistrictEast Hartford · this district	6,504	12	$20,984	11.8	#16
Southington School DistrictSouthington	6,200	13	$19,346	12.1	#17
Manchester School DistrictManchester	6,122	10	$24,105	10.3	#18

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Haverford Township School DistrictHavertown, PA	6,511	$16,541	14.6
Monroe-Woodbury Central School DistrictCentral Valley, NY	6,506	$25,469	12.7
Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School DistrictBuffalo, NY	6,505	$22,147	10.9
Richmond County SchoolsHamlet, NC	6,504	$10,999	17.4

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-east-hartford-school-district