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Portland School District

Portland, Connecticut · Public school district · #102 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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1,250

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$20,586

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 6% below the Connecticut median

11.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Portland School District is a public school district based in Portland, Connecticut, serving 1,250 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #102 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 6% of them. Its schools average 250 students each, fewer than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $20,586 per student on day-to-day operations, 6% less than the Connecticut median. It has roughly 11.7 students per teacher.

How Portland compares

PortlandConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$20,586

Connecticut median $21,960 · 6% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$11,821

Connecticut median $13,098 · 10% below · FY2020-21

Students per school250

Connecticut median 508 · 51% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.7

Connecticut median 11.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor417

Connecticut median 321 · 30% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$28.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 31%Local 65%

Measure	Portland	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$20,586	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$11,821	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$27.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$28.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	107	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	254	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.7	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	417	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 · this district	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
Sierra UnifiedPrather, CA	1,251	$16,345	17.9
Southwestern Central School District at JamestownJamestown, NY	1,251	$17,965	10.7
Northbrook/Glenview School District 30Northbrook, IL	1,250	$23,797	10.7
Brandywine Heights Area School DistrictTopton, PA	1,250	$20,002	11.2

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-portland-school-district