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Wolcott School District

Wolcott, Connecticut · Public school district · #75 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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2,100

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$19,056

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 13% below the Connecticut median

10.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Wolcott School District is a public school district based in Wolcott, Connecticut, serving 2,100 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #75 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 31% of them. Its schools average 420 students each, fewer than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $19,056 per student on day-to-day operations, 13% less than the Connecticut median. It has roughly 10.9 students per teacher.

How Wolcott compares

WolcottConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$19,056

Connecticut median $21,960 · 13% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$11,929

Connecticut median $13,098 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Students per school420

Connecticut median 508 · 17% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.9

Connecticut median 11.5 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor262

Connecticut median 321 · 18% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$45.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 42%Local 54%

Measure	Wolcott	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$19,056	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$11,929	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$43.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$45.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	192	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	425	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.9	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	262	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
Seymour School DistrictSeymour	2,103	4	$19,993	13.2	#72
Colchester School DistrictColchester	2,101	4	$21,892	10.7	#73
Weston School DistrictWeston	2,101	4	$26,075	11.4	#74
Wolcott School DistrictWolcott · this district	2,100	5	$19,056	10.9	#75
Norwich Free Academy DistrictNorwich	2,097	1	n/a	14.1	#76

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Twin Lakes School CorporationMonticello, IN	2,102	$10,485	14.0
Haddon Township School DistrictWestmont, NJ	2,100	$19,686	13.1
Northern Burlington County Regional School DistrictColumbus, NJ	2,099	$20,179	12.3
Maumee CityMaumee, OH	2,099	$15,842	13.9

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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