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Westport School District

Westport, Connecticut · Public school district · #22 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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5,281

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$26,749

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 22% above the Connecticut median

10.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Westport School District is a public school district based in Westport, Connecticut, serving 5,281 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #22 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 81% of them. Its schools average 660 students each, more than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $26,749 per student on day-to-day operations, 22% more than the Connecticut median. It has roughly 10.6 students per teacher.

How Westport compares

WestportConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$26,749

Connecticut median $21,960 · 22% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$16,645

Connecticut median $13,098 · 27% above · FY2020-21

Students per school660

Connecticut median 508 · 30% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.6

Connecticut median 11.5 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor311

Connecticut median 321 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$147.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 1%State 14%Local 84%

Measure	Westport	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$26,749	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$16,645	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$149.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$147.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	496	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	979	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.6	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	311	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
Hamden School DistrictHamden	5,464	10	$25,681	12.7	#21
Westport School DistrictWestport · this district	5,281	8	$26,749	10.6	#22
Wallingford School DistrictWallingford	5,241	12	$23,530	10.7	#23
Milford School DistrictMilford	5,218	13	$24,976	9.9	#24
South Windsor School DistrictSouth Windsor	5,125	6	$19,637	11.2	#25

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Fremont Public SchoolsFremont, NE	5,283	$12,475	15.9
Terrell ISDTerrell, TX	5,283	$11,898	17.2
Kerman UnifiedKerman, CA	5,273	$12,303	22.6
Woodburn School District 103Woodburn, OR	5,272	$14,551	18.1

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.

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