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Putnam School District

Putnam, Connecticut · Public school district · #104 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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1,176

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$22,192

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

11.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Putnam School District is a public school district based in Putnam, Connecticut, serving 1,176 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #104 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 5% of them. Its schools average 392 students each, fewer than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $22,192 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.8 students per teacher.

How Putnam compares

PutnamConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$22,192

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

Instruction spending per student$11,843

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

Students per school392

Connecticut median 508 · 23% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.8

Connecticut median 11.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor392

Connecticut median 321 · 22% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$27.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 49%Local 41%

Measure	Putnam	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$22,192	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$11,843	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$27.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$27.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	100	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	259	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.8	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	392	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
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	1,244	4	$22,254	10.1	#103
Putnam School DistrictPutnam · this district	1,176	3	$22,192	11.8	#104

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Mount GreylockWilliamstown, MA	1,177	$22,389	11.0
Taylor CountyButler, GA	1,176	$13,615	11.5
IolaIola, KS	1,176	$12,963	11.2
Hallettsville ISDHallettsville, TX	1,176	$10,779	12.6

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-putnam-school-district