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Meriden School District

Meriden, Connecticut · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

8,707
Students enrolled
13
Public schools
573
Classroom teachers (FTE)
15.2:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 179
  • Kindergarten 506
  • Grade 1 618
  • Grade 2 645
  • Grade 3 634
  • Grade 4 622
  • Grade 5 664
  • Grade 6 661
  • Grade 7 703
  • Grade 8 718
  • Grade 9 662
  • Grade 10 714
  • Grade 11 685
  • Grade 12 696

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 62%
  • White 19%
  • Black or African American 12%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Asian 2%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <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

77% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 6,206 of 8,036 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 65%
  • Reduced-price lunch 12%

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

$19,289 spent per student on day-to-day operations Connecticut median: $24,991 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $11,480
  • Support services $6,636
  • Other (food service, etc.) $1,172

Where the money comes from

  • Local 31%
  • State 57%
  • Federal 12%

Total revenue $185.7 milliontotal spending $185.6 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)

1,443

District office

22 Liberty Street, Meriden CT 06450

County

New Haven County

Official website

NCES District ID

902400

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About Meriden School District

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

Our Mission We will provide all students with educational opportunities to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them to lead productive and self-sustaining lives in a democratic, multicultural society.
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