Regular local school district · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
Cheshire School District, CT: schools, enrollment and spending
Cheshire School District runs 7 public schools with 4,317 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.8 students per teacher is about the same as the Connecticut figure of 12.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 4,317
- Teachers (FTE)
- 337
- Students per teacher
- 12.8
- CT: 12.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 29 Main Street, Cheshire, CT 06410
- Phone
- (203)250-2400
- County
- Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0900750
- State district ID
- CT-0250011
- Total staff (FTE)
- 837
- School counselors (FTE)
- 14.0About 308 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.8
Connecticut12.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,108), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $94.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.3 million
- State revenue
- $22.4 million
- Local revenue
- $68.4 million
- Total spending
- $92.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,593
- Salaries
- $50.1 million54.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $13.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.5%
- State: 23.9%
- Local: 72.6%
Connecticut overall
- Federal: 5.3%
- State: 35.8%
- Local: 58.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,593
Connecticut$25,007
United States$16,826
Schools in Cheshire School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Chapman School | Elementary | K to 6 | 369 | 13.7 |
| Cheshire High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,208 | 11.6 |
| Darcey School | Elementary | PK to K | 159 | 13.2 |
| Dodd Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 660 | 12.7 |
| Doolittle School | Elementary | K to 6 | 529 | 13.9 |
| Highland School | Elementary | K to 6 | 899 | 14.0 |
| Norton School | Elementary | K to 6 | 412 | 14.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
- Waterbury School District 18,776 students
- Bristol School District 7,713 students
- Shelton School District 4,518 students
- Naugatuck School District 4,095 students
- Regional School District 15 3,368 students
- Watertown School District 2,528 students
- Ansonia School District 2,404 students
- Seymour School District 2,103 students
- Wolcott School District 2,100 students
- Regional School District 16 1,898 students
- Oxford School District 1,622 students
- Regional School District 14 1,561 students
- Derby School District 1,311 students
- Plymouth School District 1,244 students
- Thomaston School District 777 students
More in Connecticut
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.