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Farmington School District

Farmington, Connecticut · Public school district · #32 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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4,195

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$21,352

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

12.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Farmington School District is a public school district based in Farmington, Connecticut, serving 4,195 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #32 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 71% of them. Its schools average 599 students each, more than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $21,352 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.4 students per teacher.

How Farmington compares

FarmingtonConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$21,352

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

Instruction spending per student$12,962

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

Students per school599

Connecticut median 508 · 18% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.4

Connecticut median 11.5 · 8% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor381

Connecticut median 321 · 19% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$94.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 16%Local 81%

Measure	Farmington	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$21,352	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,962	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$92.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$94.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	337	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	793	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.4	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	381	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
Cheshire School DistrictCheshire	4,317	7	$21,102	12.8	#31
Farmington School DistrictFarmington · this district	4,195	7	$21,352	12.4	#32
Simsbury School DistrictSimsbury	4,127	7	$22,076	12.7	#33
Naugatuck School DistrictNaugatuck	4,095	9	$20,346	13.7	#34
New Canaan School DistrictNew Canaan	4,060	5	$25,670	11.4	#35

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Cocke CountyNewport, TN	4,202	$10,150	n/a
Shasta Union HighRedding, CA	4,200	$12,951	20.8
Urbana School District 116Urbana, IL	4,197	$21,282	12.1
Calhoun CityCalhoun, GA	4,193	$9,447	16.9

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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