District profile / Connecticut

Newtown School District

Newtown, Connecticut · Public school district · #37 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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3,924

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$22,734

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

11.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Newtown School District is a public school district based in Newtown, Connecticut, serving 3,924 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #37 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 67% of them. Its schools average 561 students each, more than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $22,734 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.2 students per teacher.

How Newtown compares

NewtownConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$22,734

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

Instruction spending per student$12,255

Connecticut median $13,098 · 6% below · FY2020-21

Students per school561

Connecticut median 508 · 10% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.2

Connecticut median 11.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor218

Connecticut median 321 · 32% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$102.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 2%State 19%Local 79%

Measure	Newtown	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$22,734	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,255	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$99.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$102.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	349	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	823	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.2	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	218	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 Canaan School DistrictNew Canaan	4,060	5	$25,670	11.4	#35
Groton School DistrictMystic	4,009	7	$22,587	11.9	#36
Newtown School DistrictNewtown · this district	3,924	7	$22,734	11.2	#37
Torrington School DistrictTorrington	3,911	6	$23,070	12.1	#38
Newington School DistrictNewington	3,855	7	$22,168	12.8	#39

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Turner-Kansas CityKansas City, KS	3,926	$12,039	14.5
Claremore Public SchoolsClaremore, OK	3,925	$9,827	14.9
El Dorado School DistrictEl Dorado, AR	3,921	$11,030	12.5
Green LocalUniontown, OH	3,921	$11,341	17.7

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.

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