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Simsbury School District

Simsbury, Connecticut · Public school district · #33 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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4,127

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$22,076

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

12.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Simsbury School District is a public school district based in Simsbury, Connecticut, serving 4,127 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #33 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 70% of them. Its schools average 590 students each, more than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $22,076 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.7 students per teacher.

How Simsbury compares

SimsburyConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$22,076

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

Instruction spending per student$13,545

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

Students per school590

Connecticut median 508 · 16% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.7

Connecticut median 11.5 · 10% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor459

Connecticut median 321 · 43% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$102.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 2%State 23%Local 75%

Measure	Simsbury	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$22,076	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$13,545	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$101.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$102.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	326	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	728	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.7	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	459	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
Farmington School DistrictFarmington	4,195	7	$21,352	12.4	#32
Simsbury School DistrictSimsbury · this district	4,127	7	$22,076	12.7	#33
Naugatuck School DistrictNaugatuck	4,095	9	$20,346	13.7	#34
New Canaan School DistrictNew Canaan	4,060	5	$25,670	11.4	#35
Groton School DistrictMystic	4,009	7	$22,587	11.9	#36

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Roseville Community SchoolsRoseville, MI	4,133	$12,255	16.6
Smyth County Public SchoolsMarion, VA	4,132	$12,177	11.1
Gilmer CountyEllijay, GA	4,124	$11,900	14.4
Clarence Central School DistrictClarence, NY	4,122	$17,688	10.9

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-simsbury-school-district