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Terryville, Connecticut - 4 schools
An equity score of 69/100 ranks Plymouth School District #25 of 174 districts in Connecticut (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $23,453 per pupil, Plymouth School District ranks #99 of 191 Connecticut districts by per-pupil spending (Connecticut districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,306
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$23,453
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Plymouth School District operates 4 public schools serving 1,306 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Connecticut. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary 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 Naugatuck Valley Planning Region.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,453 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 47.5% local, 45.3% state, and 7.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 69/100, ranked #25 of 174 in Connecticut against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 199.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 35.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.9% White, 17.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Harry S. Fisher Elementary School, with a diversity index of 47.4/100.
Its largest campus is Terryville High School, enrolling 337 students (27% of the district's total enrollment).
Terryville High School accounts for 25.8% of all Plymouth School District student enrollment
That concentration means Plymouth 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.
Plymouth School District student-counselor ratio is 200:1 — 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.
Plymouth School District chronic absenteeism rate is 35.5% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Plymouth School District has 4 schools, including 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,306 students.
How much does Plymouth School District spend per student?
Plymouth School District spends $23,453 per student. The district has an equity score of 69/100, ranking #25 in Connecticut.
What is the demographic composition of Plymouth School District?
Plymouth School District students are 72.9% White, 17.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% African American, 1.3% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Plymouth School District?
Plymouth School District has an equity score of 69/100, ranking #25 out of 174 districts in Connecticut.