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Ridgefield School District
A public school district in Ridgefield, Connecticut, with 9 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 4,484
- Students enrolled
- 384.7
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 825.3
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $26,472
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 4,484 in 2024–25
- Ranks 2,158th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 31st of 200 in Connecticut. Larger than 87% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $26,472 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 89% 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
Ridgefield School District spent $28,304 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $11,945 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 | $28,304 | $126.6 million | 4,474 |
| FY2023 | $26,472 | $120.9 million | 4,568 |
| FY2022 | $25,610 | $116.5 million | 4,549 |
| FY2021 | $25,037 | $113.3 million | 4,526 |
| FY2020 | $23,828 | $111.5 million | 4,679 |
| FY2019 | $22,779 | $110.2 million | 4,838 |
| FY2018 | $21,828 | $107.1 million | 4,908 |
| FY2017 | $20,628 | $102.5 million | 4,969 |
| FY2016 | $19,554 | $98.5 million | 5,036 |
| FY2015 | $18,909 | $97.5 million | 5,154 |
| FY2014 | $18,105 | $95.4 million | 5,268 |
| FY2013 | $17,315 | $91.4 million | 5,277 |
| FY2012 | $16,690 | $89.5 million | 5,361 |
| FY2011 | $16,055 | $87.0 million | 5,421 |
| FY2010 | $15,559 | $84.7 million | 5,442 |
| FY2009 | $14,799 | $82.0 million | 5,538 |
| FY2008 | $14,460 | $79.9 million | 5,527 |
| FY2007 | $13,635 | $76.1 million | 5,578 |
| FY2006 | $12,738 | $71.4 million | 5,609 |
| FY2005 | $11,945 | $66.4 million | 5,560 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $3.2 million | 2.4% |
| State | $19.2 million | 14.7% |
| Local | $108.5 million | 82.9% |
| Total | $130.9 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
9 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Barlow Mountain Elementary School | 377 |
| Branchville Elementary School | 340 |
| East Ridge Middle School | 489 |
| Farmingville Elementary School | 311 |
| Ridgebury Elementary School | 322 |
| Ridgefield High School | 1,411 |
| Scotland Elementary School | 318 |
| Scotts Ridge Middle School | 548 |
| Veterans Park Elementary School | 262 |
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
- 0903810
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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