Colchester Public Schools

Listed by NCES as Colchester School District (district ID 0900840)

Public school district · Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region · Connecticut · NCES district ID 0900840

Colchester Public Schools spent $22,707 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, below the middle: 66% of the other Connecticut districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 spent more (median $23,805). Its 4 schools enrolled 2,085 students in 2024-25; 36.6% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $24,099 per student, up 6.1% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 85-89% (Connecticut: 88.2%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Connecticut districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Colchester Public Schools in enrollment (2,133 to 2,338 students) and Colchester Public Schools itself.

Current spending per student, Connecticut districts closest in size to Colchester Public Schools, FY23Weston Public Schools $28,431; Waterford Public Schools $26,605; New Fairfield Public Schools $25,399; Plainville Community $23,321; Colchester Public Schools $22,707; Regional School District 10 $21,645; Tolland Public Schools $21,572; Wolcott $21,450; Ansonia Public Schools $21,321; Seymour $20,725; State median, 1,000+ students $23,805.15k20k25k30kWeston Public Schools$28,431Waterford Public Schools$26,605New Fairfield Public Schools$25,399Plainville Community$23,321Colchester Public Schools$22,707Regional School District 10$21,645Tolland Public Schools$21,572Wolcott$21,450Ansonia Public Schools$21,321Seymour$20,725State median, 1,000+ students $23,805
Current spending per student, Connecticut districts closest in size to Colchester Public Schools, FY23Weston Public Schools $28,431; Waterford Public Schools $26,605; New Fairfield Public Schools $25,399; Plainville Community $23,321; Colchester Public Schools $22,707; Regional School District 10 $21,645; Tolland Public Schools $21,572; Wolcott $21,450; Ansonia Public Schools $21,321; Seymour $20,725; State median, 1,000+ students $23,805.15k20k25k30kWeston Public Schools$28,431Waterford Public Schools$26,605New Fairfield Public Schools$25,399Plainville Community$23,321Colchester Public Schools$22,707Regional School District 10$21,645Tolland Public Schools$21,572Wolcott$21,450Ansonia Public Schools$21,321Seymour$20,725State median, 1,000+ students $23,805
Current spending per student, Connecticut districts closest in size to Colchester Public Schools, FY23Weston Public Schools $28,431; Waterford Public Schools $26,605; New Fairfield Public Schools $25,399; Plainville Community $23,321; Colchester Public Schools $22,707; Regional School District 10 $21,645; Tolland Public Schools $21,572; Wolcott $21,450; Ansonia Public Schools $21,321; Seymour $20,725; State median, 1,000+ students $23,805.15k20k25k30kWeston Public Schools$28,431Waterford Public Schools$26,605New Fairfield Public Schools$25,399Plainville Community$23,321Colchester Public Schools$22,707Regional School District 10$21,645Tolland Public Schools$21,572Wolcott$21,450Ansonia Public Schools$21,321Seymour$20,725State median, 1,000+ students $23,805
Current spending per student, Connecticut districts closest in size to Colchester Public Schools, FY23Weston Public Schools $28,431; Waterford Public Schools $26,605; New Fairfield Public Schools $25,399; Plainville Community $23,321; Colchester Public Schools $22,707; Regional School District 10 $21,645; Tolland Public Schools $21,572; Wolcott $21,450; Ansonia Public Schools $21,321; Seymour $20,725; State median, 1,000+ students $23,805.15k20k25k30kWeston Public Schools$28,431Waterford Public Schools$26,605New Fairfield Public Schools$25,399Plainville Community$23,321Colchester Public Schools$22,707Regional School District 10$21,645Tolland Public Schools$21,572Wolcott$21,450Ansonia Public Schools$21,321Seymour$20,725State median, 1,000+ students $23,805

Where the money came from

$56,093,000 in revenue: 36.6% state, 56.6% local and 6.8% federal. Total spending including $1,077,000 of capital outlay was $54,672,000, or $24,462 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Colchester Public Schools revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $20,541,000; Local $31,758,000; Federal $3,794,000; total $56,093,000.
  • State$20,541,000 37%
  • Local$31,758,000 57%
  • Federal$3,794,000 7%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 112 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

2,223 students in 2022-23, 2,142 students in 2023-24, 2,085 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Colchester Public Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 2,223, 2023-24: 2,142, 2024-25: 2,08501k2k3k2022-232,2232023-242,1422024-252,085
Colchester Public Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 2,223, 2023-24: 2,142, 2024-25: 2,08501k2k3k2022-232,2232023-242,1422024-252,085
Colchester Public Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 2,223, 2023-24: 2,142, 2024-25: 2,08501k2k3k2022-232,2232023-242,1422024-252,085
Colchester Public Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 2,223, 2023-24: 2,142, 2024-25: 2,08501k2k3k2022-232,2232023-242,1422024-252,085

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-232,223191.011.6
2023-242,142185.411.6
2024-252,085187.511.1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$16,202,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $7,249 per student

Colchester Public Schools booked $16,202,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 195 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $83,087 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 44 in 100 Connecticut districts with a figure (state median $84,824, 173 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Connecticut teacher salary at $81,185 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$12,217,00075.4%
Special education$2,406,00014.9%
Vocational$83,0000.5%
Other programs$1,496,0009.2%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $6,642 in 2018-19, $6,732 in 2019-20, $7,242 in 2020-21, $7,205 in 2021-22, $7,249 in 2022-23.

Colchester Public Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,642, 2019-20: $6,732, 2020-21: $7,242, 2021-22: $7,205, 2022-23: $7,24902k4k6k8k2018-19$6,6422019-20$6,7322020-21$7,2422021-22$7,2052022-23$7,249
Colchester Public Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,642, 2019-20: $6,732, 2020-21: $7,242, 2021-22: $7,205, 2022-23: $7,24902k4k6k8k2018-19$6,6422019-20$6,7322020-21$7,2422021-22$7,2052022-23$7,249
Colchester Public Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,642, 2019-20: $6,732, 2020-21: $7,242, 2021-22: $7,205, 2022-23: $7,24902k4k6k8k2018-19$6,6422019-20$6,7322020-21$7,2422021-22$7,2052022-23$7,249
Colchester Public Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,642, 2019-20: $6,732, 2020-21: $7,242, 2021-22: $7,205, 2022-23: $7,24902k4k6k8k2018-19$6,6422019-20$6,7322020-21$7,2422021-22$7,2052022-23$7,249

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Colchester Public Schools scored proficient or above: 64% in reading and 61% in math, against 50.5% in reading and 39.8% in math across Connecticut. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Connecticut, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtConnecticutStudents tested
Reading and language arts64%50.5%1,088
Math61%39.8%1,086

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

85-89% of the 189 students in Colchester Public Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88.2% across Connecticut. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtConnecticut
Four-year graduation rate85‑89%88.2%
Students in the class18940,732

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

2 elementary schools, 1,061 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Colchester Elementary School55211.722.5%Targeted program
Jack Jackter Intermediate School50913.121.4%Targeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 452 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
William J. Johnston Middle School45210.518.4%Targeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 572 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Bacon Academy5729.819.4%Targeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Colchester Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Colchester Public Schools

  1. Connecticut districts by spending per studentColchester Public Schools ranks 74 of 112 Connecticut districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($22,707).#74 of 112
  2. Every school district in ConnecticutColchester Public Schools is the number 71 by size of 201 Connecticut districts, with 2,235 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#71 of 201
  3. Plainville Community School DistrictThe next larger Connecticut district: 2,291 students in fall 2022, $23,321 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$23,321
  4. Weston Public SchoolsThe next smaller Connecticut district: 2,197 students in fall 2022, $28,431 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$28,431
  5. Compare Colchester Public Schools with Plainville Community School DistrictEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Bacon Academy, its largest high school572 students in 2024-25, 9.8 per teacher.572
  7. Teacher salary spending across ConnecticutColchester Public Schools spent $83,087 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $84,824); spending, not a salary.$83,087
  8. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Colchester Public Schools

  1. How many schools and students are in Colchester Public Schools?
    4 schools were open in 2024-25 (2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high), enrolling 2,085 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Colchester Public Schools spend per student?
    $22,707 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Connecticut median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $23,805 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $24,099 per student, up 6.1% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Colchester Public Schools' money come from?
    $56,093,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 36.6% state, 56.6% local and 6.8% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Colchester Public Schools live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 92 of the 2,548 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 3.6%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Colchester Public Schools spend on teacher salaries?
    $16,202,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $7,249 per student. Divided by the 195 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $83,087 per teacher, more than 44 in 100 Connecticut districts (state median $84,824). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Connecticut teacher salary at $81,185 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Colchester Public Schools do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Colchester Public Schools scored proficient or above: 64% in reading and 61% in math, against 50.5% in reading and 39.8% in math across Connecticut. Connecticut's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Colchester Public Schools?
    85-89% of the 189 students in Colchester Public Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88.2% across Connecticut. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Colchester Public Schools' NCES district ID?
    0900840. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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