District profile / Connecticut

Montville School District

Oakdale, Connecticut · Public school district · #78 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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2,001

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$22,791

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

10.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Montville School District is a public school district based in Oakdale, Connecticut, serving 2,001 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #78 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 29% of them. Its schools average 400 students each, fewer than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $22,791 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 10.5 students per teacher.

How Montville compares

MontvilleConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$22,791

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

Instruction spending per student$14,518

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

Students per school400

Connecticut median 508 · 21% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.5

Connecticut median 11.5 · 9% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor286

Connecticut median 321 · 11% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$49.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 40%Local 56%

Measure	Montville	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$22,791	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$14,518	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$48.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$49.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	190	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	488	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.5	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	286	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
Colchester School DistrictColchester	2,101	4	$21,892	10.7	#73
Wolcott School DistrictWolcott	2,100	5	$19,056	10.9	#75
Norwich Free Academy DistrictNorwich	2,097	1	n/a	14.1	#76
Suffield School DistrictSuffield	2,027	4	$20,602	12.4	#77
Montville School DistrictOakdale · this district	2,001	5	$22,791	10.5	#78

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Gridley UnifiedGridley, CA	2,002	$13,619	20.9
Dixie CountyCross City, FL	2,001	$11,053	19.8
Glenwood Community School DistrictGlenwood, IA	2,001	$11,147	15.6
RSU 05Freeport, ME	2,001	$17,018	10.7

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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