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Norwalk School District

Norwalk, Connecticut · Public school district · #7 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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11,473

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$23,547

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 7% above the Connecticut median

12.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Norwalk School District is a public school district based in Norwalk, Connecticut, serving 11,473 students in 22 schools. By enrollment it ranks #7 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 94% of them. Its schools average 522 students each, about the same as the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $23,547 per student on day-to-day operations, 7% more than the Connecticut median. It has roughly 12.6 students per teacher.

How Norwalk compares

NorwalkConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$23,547

Connecticut median $21,960 · 7% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$15,898

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

Students per school522

Connecticut median 508 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.6

Connecticut median 11.5 · 10% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor249

Connecticut median 321 · 22% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$299.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 21%Local 72%

Measure	Norwalk	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$23,547	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$15,898	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$288.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$299.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	914	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,008	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.6	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	249	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
Danbury School DistrictDanbury	11,956	19	$16,357	14.2	#6
Norwalk School DistrictNorwalk · this district	11,473	22	$23,547	12.6	#7
New Britain School DistrictNew Britain	10,038	14	$20,273	12.9	#8
Fairfield School DistrictFairfield	9,139	16	$23,513	10.6	#9
West Hartford School DistrictWest Hartford	9,128	16	$22,060	12.2	#10

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
East Central ISDSan Antonio, TX	11,497	$9,522	17.4
Gresham-Barlow School District 10JGresham, OR	11,452	$11,622	19.9
Pocatello DistrictPocatello, ID	11,448	$8,317	18.3
Fargo 1Fargo, ND	11,444	$16,005	11.6

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-norwalk-school-district