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Orange School District

Orange, Connecticut · Public school district · #101 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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1,254

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$21,271

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

11.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Orange School District is a public school district based in Orange, Connecticut, serving 1,254 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #101 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 7% of them. Its schools average 314 students each, fewer than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $21,271 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.5 students per teacher.

How Orange compares

OrangeConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$21,271

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

Instruction spending per student$12,192

Connecticut median $13,098 · 7% below · FY2020-21

Students per school314

Connecticut median 508 · 38% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.5

Connecticut median 11.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$27.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 18%Local 78%

Measure	Orange	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$21,271	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,192	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$27.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$27.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	109	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	259	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.5	11.5	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 18Old Lyme	1,281	5	$27,474	10.9	#99
Stafford School DistrictStafford Springs	1,266	4	$24,588	10.0	#100
Orange School DistrictOrange · this district	1,254	4	$21,271	11.5	#101
Portland School DistrictPortland	1,250	5	$20,586	11.7	#102
Plymouth School DistrictTerryville	1,244	4	$22,254	10.1	#103

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lamar School DistrictLamar, AR	1,254	$9,860	11.7
Franklin Park School District 84Franklin Park, IL	1,254	$17,813	11.6
Southeast Dubois Co School CorporationFerdinand, IN	1,254	$8,613	14.6
Hannibal Central School DistrictHannibal, NY	1,254	$20,797	10.9

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-orange-school-district