At $33,931 per pupil, Chaplin School District ranks #13 of 191 Connecticut districts by per-pupil spending (Connecticut districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Chaplin School District operates 1 public schools serving 144 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Connecticut. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $33,931 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 20 of 191 Connecticut districts by per-pupil spending. See how Connecticut compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 42.9% local, 48.4% state, and 8.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 15.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 79.3% White, 11.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Chaplin Elementary School, enrolling 150 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 6.9% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (144 to 154 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 1.3 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $5,027,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 53.2% went to instruction, 38.3% to support services, and 1.6% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Chaplin Elementary School accounts for 100.0% of all Chaplin School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Chaplin School District a distant remainder — means Chaplin School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Chaplin School District chronic absenteeism rate is 15.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Chaplin School District is typically wider than the Chaplin School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Chaplin School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 144 students.
How much does Chaplin School District spend per student?
Chaplin School District spends $33,931 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Chaplin School District?
Chaplin School District students are 79.3% White, 11.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% Asian, 2.0% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.