School district · Connecticut
New Canaan School District
New Canaan School District in Connecticut: 5 public schools with 4,040 students and 11.3 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $30,021 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 4,040
- Students per teacher
- 11.3
- CT 11.5 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $30,021
- CT $25.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 357
- Counselors (FTE)
- 15.0
- Students per counselor
- 269
- CT 297 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 9.4
- Librarians (FTE): 5.0
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$22.8K15
$23.2K16
$24.1K17
$24.6K18
$25.8K19
$25.2K20
$26.0K21
$27.0K22
$28.4K23
$30.0K24
- Federal
- 1.1% · $1.5M
- State
- 14% · $18.8M
- Local
- 84% · $110.9M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $17,555
- Support services
- $11,877
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $4.8M
- Long-term debt
- $20.5M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 3Middle schools: 1High schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| K–4 | 554 | 11.7 | |
| K–4 | 477 | 10.8 | |
| Pre-K–4 | 481 | 11.6 | |
| 5–8 | 1,271 | 10.8 | |
| 9–12 | 1,257 | 12.3 |
Sources
- Address
- 220 Elm Street, New Canaan, CT 06840
- Phone
- (203)594-4018
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).