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Derby School District

Derby, Connecticut · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,311
Students enrolled
5
Public schools
123
Classroom teachers (FTE)
10.7:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 63
  • Kindergarten 76
  • Grade 1 98
  • Grade 2 89
  • Grade 3 126
  • Grade 4 98
  • Grade 5 83
  • Grade 6 109
  • Grade 7 93
  • Grade 8 100
  • Grade 9 91
  • Grade 10 103
  • Grade 11 78
  • Grade 12 104

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 46%
  • White 25%
  • Black or African American 21%
  • Two or more races 7%
  • Asian 2%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

56% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 721 of 1,289 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 51%
  • Reduced-price lunch 5%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$27,170 spent per student on day-to-day operations Connecticut median: $24,991 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $17,488
  • Support services $8,332
  • Other (food service, etc.) $1,350

Where the money comes from

  • Local 49%
  • State 43%
  • Federal 9%

Total revenue $40.6 milliontotal spending $40.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

335

District office

35 Fifth Street, Derby CT 06418

County

New Haven County

Official website

NCES District ID

901110

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About Derby School District

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

MISSION STATEMENT To provide all students with a high quality, challenging education in a safe, supportive environment, in which, to become lifetime learners.
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