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Rocky Hill School District

Rocky Hill, Connecticut · Public school district · #58 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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2,539

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$20,834

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 5% below the Connecticut median

11.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Rocky Hill School District is a public school district based in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, serving 2,539 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #58 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 47% of them. Its schools average 508 students each, about the same as the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $20,834 per student on day-to-day operations, 5% less than the Connecticut median. It has roughly 11.6 students per teacher.

How Rocky Hill compares

Rocky HillConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$20,834

Connecticut median $21,960 · 5% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$13,186

Connecticut median $13,098 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school508

Connecticut median 508 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.6

Connecticut median 11.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor423

Connecticut median 321 · 32% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$62.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 22%Local 75%

Measure	Rocky Hill	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$20,834	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$13,186	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$60.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$62.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	219	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	503	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.6	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	423	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
Branford School DistrictBranford	2,567	5	$25,206	10.6	#56
Brookfield School DistrictBrookfield	2,542	3	$20,553	12.6	#57
Rocky Hill School DistrictRocky Hill · this district	2,539	5	$20,834	11.6	#58
Watertown School DistrictWatertown	2,528	5	$21,870	11.9	#59
Ellington School DistrictEllington	2,526	5	$18,874	11.8	#60

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
O Fallon Twp HSD 203O Fallon, IL	2,540	$15,010	16.4
Wiseburn UnifiedEl Segundo, CA	2,538	$12,185	25.6
Smith County School DistrictRaleigh, MS	2,538	$9,059	13.7
LakelandLakeland, TN	2,538	$9,431	n/a

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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