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Monroe School District

Monroe, Connecticut · Public school district · #43 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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3,458

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$20,971

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

13.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Monroe School District is a public school district based in Monroe, Connecticut, serving 3,458 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #43 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 61% of them. Its schools average 692 students each, more than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $20,971 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.6 students per teacher.

How Monroe compares

MonroeConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$20,971

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

Instruction spending per student$13,230

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

Students per school692

Connecticut median 508 · 36% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.6

Connecticut median 11.5 · 18% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor346

Connecticut median 321 · 8% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$72.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 21%Local 76%

Measure	Monroe	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$20,971	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$13,230	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$69.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$72.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	254	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	574	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.6	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	346	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
New Milford School DistrictNew Milford	3,532	5	$19,514	11.0	#41
Wethersfield School DistrictWethersfield	3,471	7	$20,618	13.0	#42
Monroe School DistrictMonroe · this district	3,458	5	$20,971	13.6	#43
Regional School District 15Middlebury	3,368	7	$23,252	11.3	#44
Norwich School DistrictNorwich	3,291	9	$23,481	11.3	#45

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Merrimack School DistrictMerrimack, NH	3,460	$19,718	12.1
Eureka UnionGranite Bay, CA	3,459	$10,636	24.4
Pike CountyZebulon, GA	3,459	$10,173	14.2
Whitman-HansonWhitman, MA	3,457	$16,167	14.2

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-monroe-school-district