District profile / Connecticut

Plymouth School District

Terryville, Connecticut · Public school district · #103 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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1,244

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$22,254

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

10.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Plymouth School District is a public school district based in Terryville, Connecticut, serving 1,244 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #103 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 6% of them. Its schools average 311 students each, fewer than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $22,254 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 10.1 students per teacher.

How Plymouth compares

PlymouthConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$22,254

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

Instruction spending per student$11,203

Connecticut median $13,098 · 14% below · FY2020-21

Students per school311

Connecticut median 508 · 39% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.1

Connecticut median 11.5 · 12% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor249

Connecticut median 321 · 22% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$31.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 46%Local 50%

Measure	Plymouth	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$22,254	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$11,203	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$30.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$31.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	123	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	295	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.1	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
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	1,254	4	$21,271	11.5	#101
Portland School DistrictPortland	1,250	5	$20,586	11.7	#102
Plymouth School DistrictTerryville · this district	1,244	4	$22,254	10.1	#103

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
New Hope-Solebury School DistrictNew Hope, PA	1,245	$28,437	11.0
Crooked Oak Public SchoolsOklahoma City, OK	1,244	$10,734	16.6
Goliad ISDGoliad, TX	1,244	$12,666	14.5
CCSD 168Sauk Village, IL	1,243	$18,481	15.9

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-plymouth-school-district