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New Canaan School District

New Canaan, Connecticut · Public school district · #35 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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4,060

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$25,670

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 17% above the Connecticut median

11.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

New Canaan School District is a public school district based in New Canaan, Connecticut, serving 4,060 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #35 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 69% of them. Its schools average 812 students each, more than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $25,670 per student on day-to-day operations, 17% more than the Connecticut median. It has roughly 11.4 students per teacher.

How New Canaan compares

New CanaanConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$25,670

Connecticut median $21,960 · 17% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$15,123

Connecticut median $13,098 · 15% above · FY2020-21

Students per school812

Connecticut median 508 · 60% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.4

Connecticut median 11.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor271

Connecticut median 321 · 16% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$122.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 1%State 14%Local 85%

Measure	New Canaan	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$25,670	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$15,123	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$116.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$122.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	357	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	827	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.4	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	271	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
Farmington School DistrictFarmington	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 · this district	4,060	5	$25,670	11.4	#35
Groton School DistrictMystic	4,009	7	$22,587	11.9	#36

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Woodford CountyVersailles, KY	4,064	$11,659	16.0
Worthington Public School DistrictWorthington, MN	4,064	$12,893	15.8
Garden City Union Free School DistrictGarden City, NY	4,064	$26,124	13.1
Floresville ISDFloresville, TX	4,062	$9,606	16.5

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-new-canaan-school-district