Columbia District

Listed by NCES as Columbia School District (district ID 0900900)

Public school district · Capitol Planning Region · Connecticut · NCES district ID 0900900

Columbia District spent $25,265 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 51% of the other Connecticut districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $25,254). Its one school enrolled 440 students in 2024-25; 27.7% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $26,516 per student, up 5.0% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

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 Columbia District in enrollment (406 to 505 students) and Columbia District itself.

Current spending per student, Connecticut districts closest in size to Columbia District, FY23Preston Public Schools $28,048; Columbia District $25,265; New Hartford Public Schools $23,740; Canterbury $23,395; Lisbon $21,863; Marlborough $21,732; Bethany Public Schools $21,506; New Beginnings Inc Family Academy District $19,108; Booker T. Washington Academy $14,387; Highville Charter School $13,547; State median, under 1,000 students $25,254.10k15k20k25k30kPreston Public Schools$28,048Columbia District$25,265New Hartford Public Schools$23,740Canterbury$23,395Lisbon$21,863Marlborough$21,732Bethany Public Schools$21,506New Beginnings Inc Family Acad…$19,108Booker T. Washington Academy$14,387Highville Charter School$13,547State median, under 1,000 students $25,254
Current spending per student, Connecticut districts closest in size to Columbia District, FY23Preston Public Schools $28,048; Columbia District $25,265; New Hartford Public Schools $23,740; Canterbury $23,395; Lisbon $21,863; Marlborough $21,732; Bethany Public Schools $21,506; New Beginnings Inc Family Academy District $19,108; Booker T. Washington Academy $14,387; Highville Charter School $13,547; State median, under 1,000 students $25,254.10k15k20k25k30kPreston Public Schools$28,048Columbia District$25,265New Hartford Public Schools$23,740Canterbury$23,395Lisbon$21,863Marlborough$21,732Bethany Public Schools$21,506New Beginnings Inc Family Academy D…$19,108Booker T. Washington Academy$14,387Highville Charter School$13,547State median, under 1,000 students $25,254
Current spending per student, Connecticut districts closest in size to Columbia District, FY23Preston Public Schools $28,048; Columbia District $25,265; New Hartford Public Schools $23,740; Canterbury $23,395; Lisbon $21,863; Marlborough $21,732; Bethany Public Schools $21,506; New Beginnings Inc Family Academy District $19,108; Booker T. Washington Academy $14,387; Highville Charter School $13,547; State median, under 1,000 students $25,254.10k20k30kPreston Public Schools$28,048Columbia District$25,265New Hartford Public Schools$23,740Canterbury$23,395Lisbon$21,863Marlborough$21,732Bethany Public Schools$21,506New Beginnings Inc Family Academy District$19,108Booker T. Washington Academy$14,387Highville Charter School$13,547State median, under 1,000 students $25,254
Current spending per student, Connecticut districts closest in size to Columbia District, FY23Preston Public Schools $28,048; Columbia District $25,265; New Hartford Public Schools $23,740; Canterbury $23,395; Lisbon $21,863; Marlborough $21,732; Bethany Public Schools $21,506; New Beginnings Inc Family Academy District $19,108; Booker T. Washington Academy $14,387; Highville Charter School $13,547; State median, under 1,000 students $25,254.10k20k30kPreston Public Schools$28,048Columbia District$25,265New Hartford Public Schools$23,740Canterbury$23,395Lisbon$21,863Marlborough$21,732Bethany Public Schools$21,506New Beginnings Inc Family Academy Distr…$19,108Booker T. Washington Academy$14,387Highville Charter School$13,547State median, under 1,000 students $25,254

Where the money came from

$15,045,000 in revenue: 27.7% state, 69.6% local and 2.7% federal. Total spending including $143,000 of capital outlay was $15,026,000, or $32,384 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Columbia District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $4,164,000; Local $10,477,000; Federal $404,000; total $15,045,000.
  • State$4,164,000 28%
  • Local$10,477,000 70%
  • Federal$404,000 3%

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 77 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

462 students in 2022-23, 475 students in 2023-24, 440 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Columbia District enrollment by school year2022-23: 462, 2023-24: 475, 2024-25: 44002004006002022-234622023-244752024-25440
Columbia District enrollment by school year2022-23: 462, 2023-24: 475, 2024-25: 44002004006002022-234622023-244752024-25440
Columbia District enrollment by school year2022-23: 462, 2023-24: 475, 2024-25: 44002004006002022-234622023-244752024-25440
Columbia District enrollment by school year2022-23: 462, 2023-24: 475, 2024-25: 44002004006002022-234622023-244752024-25440

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2346241.111.2
2023-2447543.610.9
2024-2544044.69.9

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

$3,180,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $6,853 per student

Columbia District booked $3,180,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 41 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 $77,372 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 26 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$2,586,00081.3%
Other programs$594,00018.7%

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

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $6,545 in 2018-19, $6,870 in 2019-20, $6,935 in 2020-21, $6,602 in 2021-22, $6,853 in 2022-23.

Columbia District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,545, 2019-20: $6,870, 2020-21: $6,935, 2021-22: $6,602, 2022-23: $6,85302k4k6k8k2018-19$6,5452019-20$6,8702020-21$6,9352021-22$6,6022022-23$6,853
Columbia District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,545, 2019-20: $6,870, 2020-21: $6,935, 2021-22: $6,602, 2022-23: $6,85302k4k6k8k2018-19$6,5452019-20$6,8702020-21$6,9352021-22$6,6022022-23$6,853
Columbia District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,545, 2019-20: $6,870, 2020-21: $6,935, 2021-22: $6,602, 2022-23: $6,85302k4k6k8k2018-19$6,5452019-20$6,8702020-21$6,9352021-22$6,6022022-23$6,853
Columbia District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,545, 2019-20: $6,870, 2020-21: $6,935, 2021-22: $6,602, 2022-23: $6,85302k4k6k8k2018-19$6,5452019-20$6,8702020-21$6,9352021-22$6,6022022-23$6,853

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 Columbia District scored proficient or above: 52% in reading and 43% 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 arts52%50.5%275
Math43%39.8%274

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.

1 elementary school, 440 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Horace W. Porter School4409.918.0%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 Columbia District

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 Columbia District

  1. Connecticut districts by spending per studentColumbia District ranks 38 of 77 Connecticut districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($25,265).#38 of 77
  2. Every school district in ConnecticutColumbia District is the number 147 by size of 201 Connecticut districts, with 464 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#147 of 201
  3. Canterbury School DistrictThe next larger Connecticut district: 474 students in fall 2022, $23,395 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$23,395
  4. Marlborough School DistrictThe next smaller Connecticut district: 456 students in fall 2022, $21,732 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$21,732
  5. Compare Columbia District with Canterbury School DistrictEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Teacher salary spending across ConnecticutColumbia District spent $77,372 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $84,824); spending, not a salary.$77,372
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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 Columbia District

  1. How many schools and students are in Columbia District?
    One school was open in 2024-25 (1 elementary), enrolling 440 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Columbia District spend per student?
    $25,265 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 fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $25,254 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $26,516 per student, up 5.0% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Columbia District's money come from?
    $15,045,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 27.7% state, 69.6% local and 2.7% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Columbia District live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 47 of the 741 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 6.3%, 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 Columbia District spend on teacher salaries?
    $3,180,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $6,853 per student. Divided by the 41 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $77,372 per teacher, more than 26 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 Columbia District do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Columbia District scored proficient or above: 52% in reading and 43% 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 Columbia District's NCES district ID?
    0900900. 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 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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