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Stratford School District

Stratford, Connecticut · Public school district · #15 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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6,578

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$20,894

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

12.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Stratford School District is a public school district based in Stratford, Connecticut, serving 6,578 students in 13 schools. By enrollment it ranks #15 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 87% of them. Its schools average 506 students each, about the same as the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $20,894 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.5 students per teacher.

How Stratford compares

StratfordConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$20,894

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

Instruction spending per student$12,426

Connecticut median $13,098 · 5% below · FY2020-21

Students per school506

Connecticut median 508 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.5

Connecticut median 11.5 · 9% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor365

Connecticut median 321 · 14% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$180.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 32%Local 64%

Measure	Stratford	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$20,894	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,426	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$176.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$180.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	527	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,193	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.5	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	365	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
Trumbull School DistrictTrumbull	6,943	9	$19,752	14.1	#14
Stratford School DistrictStratford · this district	6,578	13	$20,894	12.5	#15
East Hartford School DistrictEast Hartford	6,504	12	$20,984	11.8	#16
Southington School DistrictSouthington	6,200	13	$19,346	12.1	#17
Manchester School DistrictManchester	6,122	10	$24,105	10.3	#18

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Pascagoula-Gautier School DistrictPascagoula, MS	6,579	$13,933	11.7
RitenourSt Louis, MO	6,579	$10,295	15.7
Harrisburg City School DistrictHarrisburg, PA	6,578	$14,871	15.8
Wilson School DistrictWest Lawn, PA	6,575	$15,284	12.8

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ct-stratford-school-district