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Regional School District 18

Old Lyme, Connecticut · Public school district · #99 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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1,281

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$27,474

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 25% above the Connecticut median

10.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Regional School District 18 is a public school district based in Old Lyme, Connecticut, serving 1,281 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #99 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 9% of them. Its schools average 256 students each, fewer than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $27,474 per student on day-to-day operations, 25% more than the Connecticut median. It has roughly 10.9 students per teacher.

How Regional School District 18 compares

Regional School District 18Connecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$27,474

Connecticut median $21,960 · 25% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$14,985

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

Students per school256

Connecticut median 508 · 50% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.9

Connecticut median 11.5 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor320

Connecticut median 321 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$39.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 13%Local 84%

Measure	Regional School District 18	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$27,474	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$14,985	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$36.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$39.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	118	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	298	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.9	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	320	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
Derby School DistrictDerby	1,311	5	$24,497	10.7	#98
Regional School District 18Old Lyme · this district	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

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Carlinville CUSD 1Carlinville, IL	1,282	$13,691	13.8
Carmi-White County CUSD 5Carmi, IL	1,282	$13,913	12.7
Ashdown School DistrictAshdown, AR	1,281	$10,397	10.9
Southampton Union Free School DistrictSouthampton, NY	1,281	$46,041	8.0

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-regional-school-district-18