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Connecticut school systems.

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166school systems
922operating schools connected
472,293students in finance records
166complete 2019–2024 finance trends
0governance layers connected
What changed from 2019 to 2024?

Connecticut school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 166 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$25,464Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation-1.5%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+20.9%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-3.0%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems166 systems in every year
201920202021202220232024486,809468,502
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$26,294$25,788

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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166 systems

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Bridgeport School District

Bridgeport, CT

Students
19,591
Schools
36
Spending / pupil
$21,004

+3.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.9% enrollment

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New Haven School District

New Haven, CT

Students
18,966
Schools
37
Spending / pupil
$23,235

-1.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.0% enrollment

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Waterbury School District

Waterbury, CT

Students
18,956
Schools
29
Spending / pupil
$20,824

-6.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.1% enrollment

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Hartford School District

Hartford, CT

Students
16,839
Schools
41
Spending / pupil
$26,602

+5.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.6% enrollment

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Stamford School District

Stamford, CT

Students
16,339
Schools
21
Spending / pupil
$25,971

-3.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.5% enrollment

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Danbury School District

Danbury, CT

Students
12,126
Schools
19
Spending / pupil
$19,673

+1.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.4% enrollment

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Norwalk School District

Norwalk, CT

Students
11,520
Schools
22
Spending / pupil
$26,163

-1.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.9% enrollment

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New Britain School District

New Britain, CT

Students
9,900
Schools
14
Spending / pupil
$25,436

+16.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.2% enrollment

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Fairfield School District

Fairfield, CT

Students
9,355
Schools
16
Spending / pupil
$26,828

+2.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.6% enrollment

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West Hartford School District

West Hartford, CT

Students
9,261
Schools
16
Spending / pupil
$24,981

+0.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.5% enrollment

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Meriden School District

Meriden, CT

Students
8,789
Schools
13
Spending / pupil
$19,289

-10.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +11.0% enrollment

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Greenwich School District

Greenwich, CT

Students
8,589
Schools
15
Spending / pupil
$31,563

-6.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.3% enrollment

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Bristol School District

Bristol, CT

Students
7,774
Schools
13
Spending / pupil
$22,270

+3.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.8% enrollment

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Trumbull School District

Trumbull, CT

Students
6,940
Schools
9
Spending / pupil
$22,280

-6.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.2% enrollment

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Stratford School District

Stratford, CT

Students
6,743
Schools
13
Spending / pupil
$23,880

-1.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.3% enrollment

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East Hartford School District

East Hartford, CT

Students
6,410
Schools
12
Spending / pupil
$24,007

-2.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.9% enrollment

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Southington School District

Southington, CT

Students
6,242
Schools
13
Spending / pupil
$21,438

-2.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.7% enrollment

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Manchester School District

Manchester, CT

Students
6,167
Schools
10
Spending / pupil
$27,674

-1.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.5% enrollment

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West Haven School District

West Haven, CT

Students
5,998
Schools
9
Spending / pupil
$22,165

-5.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.2% enrollment

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Glastonbury School District

Glastonbury, CT

Students
5,674
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$25,136

-1.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.4% enrollment

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Hamden School District

Hamden, CT

Students
5,455
Schools
10
Spending / pupil
$27,043

-11.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.2% enrollment

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Westport School District

Westport, CT

Students
5,333
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$29,927

-3.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.2% enrollment

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Milford School District

Milford, CT

Students
5,327
Schools
13
Spending / pupil
$28,687

-1.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.9% enrollment

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Wallingford School District

Wallingford, CT

Students
5,292
Schools
12
Spending / pupil
$26,331

-0.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.6% enrollment

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South Windsor School District

South Windsor, CT

Students
5,022
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$21,483

-11.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +15.7% enrollment

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Enfield School District

Enfield, CT

Students
4,826
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$22,155

-3.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.8% enrollment

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Darien School District

Darien, CT

Students
4,681
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$28,136

-3.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.2% enrollment

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Shelton School District

Shelton, CT

Students
4,513
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$22,356

-3.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.7% enrollment

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Ridgefield School District

Ridgefield, CT

Students
4,474
Schools
9
Spending / pupil
$28,304

+1.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.5% enrollment

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Middletown School District

Middletown, CT

Students
4,378
Schools
10
Spending / pupil
$28,607

+5.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.4% enrollment

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.