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Wilton, Connecticut - 4 schools
An equity score of 45/100 ranks Wilton School District #100 of 174 districts in Connecticut (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $26,789 per pupil, Wilton School District ranks #44 of 191 Connecticut districts by per-pupil spending (Connecticut districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,788
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$26,789
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wilton School District operates 4 public schools serving 3,788 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Connecticut. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined, 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 Western Connecticut Planning Region.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $26,789 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 82.9% local, 15.4% state, and 1.7% 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 45/100, ranked #100 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 (23 AP courses district-wide), a 429.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 4.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.1% White, 11.2% Asian, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Middlebrook School, with a diversity index of 45.3/100.
Its largest campus is Wilton High School, enrolling 1,202 students (32% of the district's total enrollment).
Wilton High School accounts for 31.7% of all Wilton School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Wilton 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.
Wilton School District student-counselor ratio is 429:1 — 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.
Wilton School District chronic absenteeism rate is 4.7% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Wilton School District has 4 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 3,788 students.
How much does Wilton School District spend per student?
Wilton School District spends $26,789 per student. The district has an equity score of 45/100, ranking #100 in Connecticut.
What is the demographic composition of Wilton School District?
Wilton School District students are 74.1% White, 11.2% Asian, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Wilton School District?
Wilton School District has an equity score of 45/100, ranking #100 out of 174 districts in Connecticut.