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Litchfield, Connecticut - 4 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Litchfield School District #60 of 174 districts in Connecticut (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $25,992 per pupil, Litchfield School District ranks #57 of 191 Connecticut districts by per-pupil spending (Connecticut districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$25,992
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Litchfield School District operates 4 public schools serving 813 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Connecticut. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary, 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 Northwest Hills Planning Region.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,992 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 191 Connecticut districts by per-pupil spending. See how Connecticut compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 77.1% local, 18.9% state, and 4.0% 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 57/100, ranked #60 of 174 in Connecticut against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 172.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 17.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.
Its largest campus is Center School, enrolling 260 students (32% of the district's total enrollment).
Center School accounts for 32.0% of all Litchfield School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Litchfield School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Litchfield School District school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Litchfield School District school enrollment ranges from 125 students (lowest) to 260 students (highest), a spread of 135 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.
Litchfield School District student-counselor ratio is 173:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Litchfield School District chronic absenteeism rate is 17.2% — 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 Litchfield School District is typically wider than the Litchfield School District-aggregate figure suggests.