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Westport School District
A public school district in Westport, Connecticut, with 8 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 5,281
- Students enrolled
- 496.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 979
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $28,385
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 5,281 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,818th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 24th of 200 in Connecticut. Larger than 89% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $28,385 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 92% 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
Westport School District spent $29,927 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $15,610 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: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $29,927 | $159.6 million | 5,333 |
| FY2023 | $28,385 | $152.9 million | 5,387 |
| FY2022 | $28,159 | $149.3 million | 5,303 |
| FY2021 | $26,749 | $142.5 million | 5,329 |
| FY2020 | $25,668 | $136.3 million | 5,312 |
| FY2019 | $25,318 | $139.5 million | 5,509 |
| FY2018 | $24,588 | $137.0 million | 5,570 |
| FY2017 | $23,489 | $131.5 million | 5,600 |
| FY2016 | $22,692 | $129.2 million | 5,692 |
| FY2015 | $22,450 | $129.1 million | 5,750 |
| FY2014 | $21,744 | $125.3 million | 5,762 |
| FY2013 | $20,446 | $118.5 million | 5,797 |
| FY2012 | $19,866 | $114.0 million | 5,737 |
| FY2011 | $19,113 | $110.4 million | 5,775 |
| FY2010 | $18,668 | $106.8 million | 5,719 |
| FY2009 | $18,252 | $105.2 million | 5,765 |
| FY2008 | $17,697 | $100.3 million | 5,668 |
| FY2007 | $16,204 | $90.3 million | 5,572 |
| FY2006 | $15,977 | $87.0 million | 5,445 |
| FY2005 | $15,610 | $82.4 million | 5,280 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $1.4 million | 0.9% |
| State | $26.8 million | 16.6% |
| Local | $132.7 million | 82.5% |
| Total | $160.9 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
8 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Bedford Middle School | 710 |
| Coleytown Elementary School | 461 |
| Coleytown Middle School | 484 |
| Green's Farms School | 460 |
| King's Highway Elementary School | 451 |
| Long Lots School | 571 |
| Saugatuck Elementary School | 395 |
| Staples High School | 1,629 |
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
- 0905040
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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