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Plainville School District

Plainville, Connecticut · Public school district · #67 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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2,223

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$21,704

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

11.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Plainville School District is a public school district based in Plainville, Connecticut, serving 2,223 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #67 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 39% of them. Its schools average 445 students each, fewer than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $21,704 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.6 students per teacher.

How Plainville compares

PlainvilleConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$21,704

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

Instruction spending per student$13,681

Connecticut median $13,098 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school445

Connecticut median 508 · 12% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.6

Connecticut median 11.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor318

Connecticut median 321 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$57.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 41%Local 55%

Measure	Plainville	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$21,704	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$13,681	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$55.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$57.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	191	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	503	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.6	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	318	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
Waterford School DistrictWaterford	2,281	5	$24,444	11.2	#66
Plainville School DistrictPlainville · this district	2,223	5	$21,704	11.6	#67
Tolland School DistrictTolland	2,144	4	$20,654	12.3	#68
Regional School District 10Burlington	2,140	4	$19,944	12.2	#69
Regional School District 05Woodbridge	2,138	3	$21,960	11.2	#70

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Red Wing Public School DistrictRed Wing, MN	2,225	$14,234	14.5
Nuview UnionNuevo, CA	2,224	$12,471	24.4
Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School DistrictPenns Grove, NJ	2,223	$18,657	11.9
Indian Hill Exempted VillageCincinnati, OH	2,222	$16,731	14.3

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-plainville-school-district