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Vernon School District

Vernon, Connecticut · Public school district · #47 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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3,236

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$22,072

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

10.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Vernon School District is a public school district based in Vernon, Connecticut, serving 3,236 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #47 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 57% of them. Its schools average 462 students each, about the same as the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $22,072 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 10.9 students per teacher.

How Vernon compares

VernonConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$22,072

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

Instruction spending per student$12,802

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

Students per school462

Connecticut median 508 · 9% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.9

Connecticut median 11.5 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor404

Connecticut median 321 · 26% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$74.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 42%Local 53%

Measure	Vernon	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$22,072	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,802	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$72.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$74.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	297	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	702	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.9	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	404	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
Norwich School DistrictNorwich	3,291	9	$23,481	11.3	#45
Windsor School DistrictWindsor	3,266	6	$24,555	10.3	#46
Vernon School DistrictVernon · this district	3,236	7	$22,072	10.9	#47
Bethel School DistrictBethel	3,227	5	$19,904	13.1	#48
North Haven School DistrictNorth Haven	3,214	6	$21,238	11.6	#49

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
DanversDanvers, MA	3,238	$19,203	11.7
Northern York County School DistrictDillsburg, PA	3,236	$13,796	14.3
Lafayette ElementaryLafayette, CA	3,235	$13,129	21.7
Fergus Falls Public School DistrictFergus Falls, MN	3,235	$10,952	16.6

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-vernon-school-district