District profile / Connecticut

Regional School District 16

Prospect, Connecticut · Public school district · #79 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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1,898

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$22,049

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

11.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Regional School District 16 is a public school district based in Prospect, Connecticut, serving 1,898 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #79 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 28% of them. Its schools average 474 students each, about the same as the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $22,049 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.2 students per teacher.

How Regional School District 16 compares

Regional School District 16Connecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$22,049

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

Instruction spending per student$12,365

Connecticut median $13,098 · 6% below · FY2020-21

Students per school474

Connecticut median 508 · 7% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.2

Connecticut median 11.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor190

Connecticut median 321 · 41% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$48.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 31%Local 65%

Measure	Regional School District 16	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$22,049	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,365	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$46.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$48.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	169	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	449	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.2	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	190	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 16Prospect · this district	1,898	4	$22,049	11.2	#79
Bloomfield School DistrictBloomfield	1,897	7	$28,919	10.4	#80
Plainfield School DistrictPlainfield	1,886	5	$20,377	11.2	#81
Cromwell School DistrictCromwell	1,841	4	$19,051	11.2	#82
Griswold School DistrictGriswold	1,823	4	$20,219	13.2	#83

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Indian Creek LocalWintersville, OH	1,899	$10,890	15.8
Antigo Unified School DistrictAntigo, WI	1,899	$13,124	15.0
Wyomissing Area School DistrictWyomissing, PA	1,898	$17,416	12.6
Central Columbia School DistrictBloomsburg, PA	1,897	$17,153	13.7

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.

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