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Windsor Locks, Connecticut - 4 schools
An equity score of 81/100 ranks Windsor Locks School District #8 of 174 districts in Connecticut (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $28,188 per pupil, Windsor Locks School District ranks #33 of 191 Connecticut districts by per-pupil spending (Connecticut districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,549
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$28,188
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Windsor Locks School District operates 4 public schools serving 1,549 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Connecticut. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Capitol Planning Region.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $28,188 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 64.1% local, 28.2% state, and 7.6% 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 81/100, ranked #8 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 (15 AP courses district-wide), a 116.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 18.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.8% White, 18.2% Hispanic or Latino, 11.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Windsor Locks High School, with a diversity index of 65.5/100.
Its largest campus is North Street School, enrolling 396 students (29% of the district's total enrollment).
North Street School accounts for 25.6% of all Windsor Locks School District student enrollment
That concentration means Windsor Locks 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.
Windsor Locks School District student-counselor ratio is 116:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Windsor Locks School District chronic absenteeism rate is 18.9% — 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 Windsor Locks School District is typically wider than the Windsor Locks School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Windsor Locks School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Windsor Locks School District?
Windsor Locks School District has 4 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,549 students.
How much does Windsor Locks School District spend per student?
Windsor Locks School District spends $28,188 per student. The district has an equity score of 81/100, ranking #8 in Connecticut.
What is the demographic composition of Windsor Locks School District?
Windsor Locks School District students are 56.8% White, 18.2% Hispanic or Latino, 11.5% African American, 6.5% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Windsor Locks School District?
Windsor Locks School District has an equity score of 81/100, ranking #8 out of 174 districts in Connecticut.