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Shelton School District

Shelton School District in Connecticut: 8 public schools with 4,303 students and 13.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $22,815 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 8
Students: 4,303
Students per teacher: 13.5; CT 11.5 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $22,815; 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): 320
Counselors (FTE): 14.6
Students per counselor: 295; CT 297 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 8.8; Librarians (FTE): 7.0

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.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$16.8K15

$17.0K16

$18.1K17

$18.5K18

$19.4K19

$18.9K20

$20.1K21

$20.8K22

$21.0K23

$22.8K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 5.9% · $6.3M
State: 23% · $24.1M
Local: 72% · $76.4M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $12,310
Support services: $9,719
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $27K
Long-term debt: $0

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 5Middle schools: 2High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Booth Hill School	K–4	304	13.8	Shelton
Elizabeth Shelton School	K–4	405	13.4	Shelton
Long Hill School	Pre-K–4	307	10.3	Shelton
Mohegan School	Pre-K–4	325	13.7	Shelton
Sunnyside School	Pre-K–4	229	16.4	Shelton
Intermediate School	7–8	714	12.6	Shelton
Perry Hill Elementary School	5–6	711	14.2	Shelton
Shelton High School	9–12	1,308	14.3	Shelton

Sources

Address: 124 Meadow Street, Shelton, CT 06484
Phone: (203)924-1023

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).