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Meriden School District
A public school district in Meriden, Connecticut, with 13 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 8,707
- Students enrolled
- 572.6
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 1,443.2
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $19,611
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 8,707 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,059th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 13th of 200 in Connecticut. Larger than 94% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $19,611 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 72% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Meriden School District spent $19,289 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $11,369 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: The College Scorecard
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $19,289 | $169.5 million | 8,789 |
| FY2023 | $19,611 | $169.2 million | 8,630 |
| FY2022 | $19,132 | $162.1 million | 8,471 |
| FY2021 | $18,516 | $149.5 million | 8,072 |
| FY2020 | $17,133 | $139.1 million | 8,117 |
| FY2019 | $17,615 | $139.5 million | 7,921 |
| FY2018 | $17,512 | $137.9 million | 7,874 |
| FY2017 | $17,173 | $135.5 million | 7,888 |
| FY2016 | $16,950 | $134.4 million | 7,927 |
| FY2015 | $16,381 | $131.6 million | 8,033 |
| FY2014 | $15,882 | $128.8 million | 8,111 |
| FY2013 | $14,587 | $119.2 million | 8,174 |
| FY2012 | $14,302 | $118.0 million | 8,253 |
| FY2011 | $13,734 | $113.9 million | 8,294 |
| FY2010 | $13,727 | $114.8 million | 8,361 |
| FY2009 | $13,235 | $114.0 million | 8,611 |
| FY2008 | $13,532 | $119.3 million | 8,815 |
| FY2007 | $12,894 | $114.3 million | 8,865 |
| FY2006 | $12,422 | $110.1 million | 8,863 |
| FY2005 | $11,369 | $101.7 million | 8,946 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $29.1 million | 15.4% |
| State | $102.6 million | 54.2% |
| Local | $57.7 million | 30.5% |
| Total | $189.4 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
13 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Franklin School | 357 |
| Casimir Pulaski School | 539 |
| Edison Middle School | 773 |
| Francis T. Maloney High School | 1,291 |
| Hanover School | 456 |
| Israel Putnam School | 445 |
| John Barry School | 418 |
| Lincoln Middle School | 684 |
| Nathan Hale School | 485 |
| Orville H. Platt High School | 1,191 |
| Roger Sherman School | 457 |
| Thomas Hooker School | 404 |
| Washington Middle School | 536 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 0902400
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Connecticut — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Connecticut — A to Z, each with its page.
- Connecticut on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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