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Newtown School District

Newtown, Connecticut · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

3,924
Students enrolled
7
Public schools
349
Classroom teachers (FTE)
11.2:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 84
  • Kindergarten 251
  • Grade 1 268
  • Grade 2 250
  • Grade 3 308
  • Grade 4 296
  • Grade 5 292
  • Grade 6 291
  • Grade 7 305
  • Grade 8 298
  • Grade 9 318
  • Grade 10 300
  • Grade 11 296
  • Grade 12 367

By race/ethnicity

  • White 79%
  • Hispanic/Latino 14%
  • Black or African American 2%
  • Asian 2%
  • Two or more races 2%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <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

15% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 580 of 3,784 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 12%
  • Reduced-price lunch 4%

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

$25,451 spent per student on day-to-day operations Connecticut median: $24,991 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $13,568
  • Support services $10,901
  • Other (food service, etc.) $982

Where the money comes from

  • Local 79%
  • State 19%
  • Federal 2%

Total revenue $110.5 milliontotal spending $110.9 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: MidsizeStudents: 81% suburb, 19% rural

Total staff (FTE)

823

District office

3 Primrose Street, Newtown CT 06470

County

Fairfield County

Official website

NCES District ID

902910

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