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Farmington, Connecticut - 7 schools
An equity score of 29/100 ranks Farmington School District #153 of 174 districts in Connecticut (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,328 per pupil, Farmington School District ranks #118 of 191 Connecticut districts by per-pupil spending (Connecticut districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,147
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$22,328
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Farmington School District operates 7 public schools serving 4,147 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Connecticut. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Capitol Planning Region.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,328 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 191 Connecticut districts by per-pupil spending. See how Connecticut compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 79.5% local, 16.0% state, and 4.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 29/100, ranked #153 of 174 in Connecticut against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (27 AP courses district-wide), a 366.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 12.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.2% White, 23.5% Asian, 13.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is East Farms School, with a diversity index of 67.5/100.
Its largest campus is Farmington High School, enrolling 1,261 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Union School, at 305 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Farmington High School accounts for 30.4% of all Farmington School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Farmington School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Farmington School District school enrollment varies 4.1× across entities
Farmington School District school enrollment ranges from 305 students (lowest) to 1,261 students (highest), a spread of 956 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Farmington School District student-counselor ratio is 367:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Farmington School District chronic absenteeism rate is 12.9% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
How many schools are in Farmington School District?
Farmington School District has 7 schools, including 1 high, 5 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 4,147 students.
How much does Farmington School District spend per student?
Farmington School District spends $22,328 per student. The district has an equity score of 29/100, ranking #153 in Connecticut.
What is the demographic composition of Farmington School District?
Farmington School District students are 52.2% White, 23.5% Asian, 13.0% Hispanic or Latino, 4.4% African American, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Farmington School District?
Farmington School District has an equity score of 29/100, ranking #153 out of 174 districts in Connecticut.