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Seymour School District

Seymour, Connecticut · Public school district · #72 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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2,103

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$19,993

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 9% below the Connecticut median

13.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Seymour School District is a public school district based in Seymour, Connecticut, serving 2,103 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #72 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 34% of them. Its schools average 526 students each, about the same as the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $19,993 per student on day-to-day operations, 9% less than the Connecticut median. It has roughly 13.2 students per teacher.

How Seymour compares

SeymourConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$19,993

Connecticut median $21,960 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$11,981

Connecticut median $13,098 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Students per school526

Connecticut median 508 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.2

Connecticut median 11.5 · 15% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor234

Connecticut median 321 · 27% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$45.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 49%Local 46%

Measure	Seymour	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$19,993	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$11,981	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$45.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$45.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	159	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	346	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.2	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	234	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
Seymour School DistrictSeymour · this district	2,103	4	$19,993	13.2	#72
Colchester School DistrictColchester	2,101	4	$21,892	10.7	#73
Weston School DistrictWeston	2,101	4	$26,075	11.4	#74
Wolcott School DistrictWolcott	2,100	5	$19,056	10.9	#75
Norwich Free Academy DistrictNorwich	2,097	1	n/a	14.1	#76

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Perry Co. 32Perryville, MO	2,103	$9,826	12.6
Gallia County LocalPatriot, OH	2,103	$13,123	16.3
Fairfield 01Winnsboro, SC	2,103	$20,909	9.9
Twin Lakes School CorporationMonticello, IN	2,102	$10,485	14.0

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.

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