District profile / Connecticut

Tolland School District

Tolland, Connecticut · Public school district · #68 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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2,144

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$20,654

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 6% below the Connecticut median

12.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Tolland School District is a public school district based in Tolland, Connecticut, serving 2,144 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #68 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 38% of them. Its schools average 536 students each, about the same as the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $20,654 per student on day-to-day operations, 6% less than the Connecticut median. It has roughly 12.3 students per teacher.

How Tolland compares

TollandConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$20,654

Connecticut median $21,960 · 6% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$12,967

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

Students per school536

Connecticut median 508 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.3

Connecticut median 11.5 · 7% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor268

Connecticut median 321 · 17% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$78.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 1%State 48%Local 50%

Measure	Tolland	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$20,654	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,967	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$77.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$78.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	175	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	436	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.3	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	268	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
Tolland School DistrictTolland · this district	2,144	4	$20,654	12.3	#68
Regional School District 10Burlington	2,140	4	$19,944	12.2	#69
Regional School District 05Woodbridge	2,138	3	$21,960	11.2	#70
New Fairfield School DistrictNew Fairfield	2,123	3	$22,830	11.5	#71
Seymour School DistrictSeymour	2,103	4	$19,993	13.2	#72

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Richland County CUSD 1Olney, IL	2,145	$12,629	15.0
Gateway UnifiedRedding, CA	2,144	$16,199	20.0
Secaucus School DistrictSecaucus, NJ	2,144	$19,534	11.3
Nanuet Union Free School DistrictNanuet, NY	2,144	$28,324	11.1

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-tolland-school-district