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New Milford School District

New Milford School District in Connecticut: 5 public schools with 3,493 students and 10.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $24,592 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 5
Students: 3,493
Students per teacher: 10.9; CT 11.5 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $24,592; 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): 321
Counselors (FTE): 17.5
Students per counselor: 200; CT 297 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 12.0; Librarians (FTE): 5.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Connecticut's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Connecticut: 50%

45%proficient

+2.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 71% of school districts in Connecticut

Median 57% · 185 school districts compared

1,519 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Connecticut: 46%

37%proficient

+4.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 72% of school districts in Connecticut

Median 53% · 187 school districts compared

1,512 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

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.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$16.3K15

$17.0K16

$17.3K17

$18.6K18

$19.2K19

$18.9K20

$20.0K21

$21.4K22

$23.1K23

$24.6K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 5.1% · $4.7M
State: 27% · $24.2M
Local: 68% · $61.7M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $14,605
Support services: $8,966
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $527K
Long-term debt: $1.8M

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	Reading	Math	City or town
Hill And Plain SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–2	371	11.0	—	—	New Milford
Northville Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–2	428	11.6	—	—	New Milford
Sarah Noble Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all	3–5	753	12.3	47%	40%	New Milford
Schaghticoke Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	791	10.8	43%	33%	New Milford
New Milford High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,150	11.7	—	—	New Milford

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 25 Sunny Valley Road, New Milford, CT 06776
Phone: (860)355-8406

Website

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).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.