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Groton School District, CT: schools, enrollment and spending
Groton School District runs 7 public schools with 4,009 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Connecticut figure of 12.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 4,009
- Teachers (FTE)
- 337
- Students per teacher
- 11.9
- CT: 12.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1300 Flanders Road, Mystic, CT 06355
- Phone
- (860)572-2100
- County
- Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0901770
- State district ID
- CT-0590011
- Total staff (FTE)
- 958
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 364 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 19.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.9
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 (4,046), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $140.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.9 million
- State revenue
- $76.7 million
- Local revenue
- $58.4 million
- Total spending
- $134.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $33,183
- Salaries
- $51.5 million38.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.5%
- State: 54.8%
- Local: 41.7%
Connecticut overall
- Federal: 5.3%
- State: 35.8%
- Local: 58.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$33,183
Connecticut$25,007
United States$16,826
Schools in Groton School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Catherine Kolnaski Magnet SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 375 | 12.1 |
| Charles Barnum Magnet School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 339 | 12.1 |
| Groton Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 884 | 11.8 |
| Mystic River Magnet SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 520 | 12.1 |
| Northeast Academy Magnet School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 392 | 12.6 |
| Robert E. Fitch High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 942 | 11.2 |
| Thames River Magnet SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 501 | 12.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
- Norwich School District 3,291 students
- Windham School District 3,153 students
- New London School District 2,918 students
- East Lyme School District 2,500 students
- Ledyard School District 2,347 students
- Waterford School District 2,281 students
- Colchester School District 2,101 students
- Norwich Free Academy District 2,097 students
- Montville School District 2,001 students
- Griswold School District 1,823 students
- Stonington School District 1,722 students
- Lebanon School District 968 students
- North Stonington School District 726 students
- Preston School District 432 students
- Lisbon School District 422 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.