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Ledyard School District

Ledyard, Connecticut · Public school district · #65 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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2,347

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$18,495

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 16% below the Connecticut median

11.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Ledyard School District is a public school district based in Ledyard, Connecticut, serving 2,347 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #65 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 41% of them. Its schools average 469 students each, about the same as the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $18,495 per student on day-to-day operations, 16% less than the Connecticut median. It has roughly 11.7 students per teacher.

How Ledyard compares

LedyardConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$18,495

Connecticut median $21,960 · 16% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$11,308

Connecticut median $13,098 · 14% below · FY2020-21

Students per school469

Connecticut median 508 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.7

Connecticut median 11.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor335

Connecticut median 321 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$48.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 40%Local 57%

Measure	Ledyard	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$18,495	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$11,308	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$46.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$48.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	200	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	441	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.7	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	335	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
Madison School DistrictMadison	2,445	5	$25,594	10.3	#62
Ansonia School DistrictAnsonia	2,404	4	$18,751	14.5	#63
Killingly School DistrictDanielson	2,392	4	$20,720	11.8	#64
Ledyard School DistrictLedyard · this district	2,347	5	$18,495	11.7	#65
Waterford School DistrictWaterford	2,281	5	$24,444	11.2	#66

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Westbrook Public SchoolsWestbrook, ME	2,348	$18,017	10.2
Saugerties Central School DistrictSaugerties, NY	2,347	$24,505	11.9
Farmersville UnifiedFarmersville, CA	2,346	$14,730	20.2
NortonNorton, MA	2,346	$18,348	11.9

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.

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