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Norwich School District

Norwich, Connecticut · Public school district · #45 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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3,291

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$23,481

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 7% above the Connecticut median

11.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Norwich School District is a public school district based in Norwich, Connecticut, serving 3,291 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #45 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 59% of them. Its schools average 366 students each, fewer than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $23,481 per student on day-to-day operations, 7% more than the Connecticut median. It has roughly 11.3 students per teacher.

How Norwich compares

NorwichConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$23,481

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

Instruction spending per student$15,313

Connecticut median $13,098 · 17% above · FY2020-21

Students per school366

Connecticut median 508 · 28% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.3

Connecticut median 11.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor411

Connecticut median 321 · 28% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$119.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 46%Local 48%

Measure	Norwich	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$23,481	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$15,313	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$118.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$119.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	292	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	849	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.3	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	411	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
Regional School District 15Middlebury	3,368	7	$23,252	11.3	#44
Norwich School DistrictNorwich · this district	3,291	9	$23,481	11.3	#45
Windsor School DistrictWindsor	3,266	6	$24,555	10.3	#46
Vernon School DistrictVernon	3,236	7	$22,072	10.9	#47
Bethel School DistrictBethel	3,227	5	$19,904	13.1	#48

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
BarringtonBarrington, RI	3,294	$16,330	13.2
Johnson CountyPaintsville, KY	3,292	$11,783	13.2
Princeton Public School DistrictPrinceton, MN	3,291	$11,645	16.9
Zapata County ISDZapata, TX	3,290	$10,459	13.7

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-norwich-school-district