District profile / Connecticut

Stonington School District

Mystic, Connecticut · Public school district · #84 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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1,722

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$22,840

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

10.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Stonington School District is a public school district based in Mystic, Connecticut, serving 1,722 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #84 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 23% of them. Its schools average 430 students each, fewer than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $22,840 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 10.2 students per teacher.

How Stonington compares

StoningtonConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$22,840

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

Instruction spending per student$12,694

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

Students per school430

Connecticut median 508 · 15% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.2

Connecticut median 11.5 · 11% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor215

Connecticut median 321 · 33% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$54.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 15%Local 82%

Measure	Stonington	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$22,840	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,694	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$50.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$54.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	169	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	368	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.2	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	215	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
Griswold School DistrictGriswold	1,823	4	$20,219	13.2	#83
Stonington School DistrictMystic · this district	1,722	4	$22,840	10.2	#84
Regional School District 17Higganum	1,716	5	$23,305	10.9	#85
Granby School DistrictGranby	1,709	4	$21,527	12.5	#86
East Hampton School DistrictEast Hampton	1,676	4	$21,479	11.4	#87

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Beaver LocalEast Liverpool, OH	1,724	$11,314	18.0
Ayer Shirley School DistrictAyer, MA	1,723	$19,500	12.0
Irvington Union Free School DistrictIrvington, NY	1,722	$33,067	11.3
Rondout Valley Central School DistrictAccord, NY	1,722	$31,080	9.8

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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