District profile / Connecticut

Windham School District

Willimantic, Connecticut · Public school district · #50 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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3,153

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$21,886

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

10.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Windham School District is a public school district based in Willimantic, Connecticut, serving 3,153 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #50 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 55% of them. Its schools average 450 students each, fewer than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $21,886 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 10.5 students per teacher.

How Windham compares

WindhamConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$21,886

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

Instruction spending per student$12,327

Connecticut median $13,098 · 6% below · FY2020-21

Students per school450

Connecticut median 508 · 11% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.5

Connecticut median 11.5 · 9% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor287

Connecticut median 321 · 11% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$80.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 57%Local 33%

Measure	Windham	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$21,886	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,327	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$79.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$80.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	299	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	801	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.5	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	287	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
Bethel School DistrictBethel	3,227	5	$19,904	13.1	#48
North Haven School DistrictNorth Haven	3,214	6	$21,238	11.6	#49
Windham School DistrictWillimantic · this district	3,153	7	$21,886	10.5	#50
Avon School DistrictAvon	3,092	5	$21,534	12.5	#51
Guilford School DistrictGuilford	3,080	7	$22,892	11.3	#52

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Holly Area School DistrictHolly, MI	3,157	$12,425	16.6
Clear Creek Amana Community School DistrictOxford, IA	3,156	$12,197	14.1
Susquehanna Township School DistrictHarrisburg, PA	3,153	$14,571	16.1
Galloway Township Public School DistrictGalloway, NJ	3,151	$23,194	10.8

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-windham-school-district