Regular local school district · Western Connecticut Planning Region
New Canaan School District, CT: schools, enrollment and spending
New Canaan School District runs 5 public schools with 4,060 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.4 students per teacher is 0.9 lower than the Connecticut figure of 12.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 4,060
- Teachers (FTE)
- 357
- Students per teacher
- 11.4
- CT: 12.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 220 Elm Street, New Canaan, CT 06840
- Phone
- (203)594-4018
- County
- Western Connecticut Planning Region
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0902700
- State district ID
- CT-0900011
- Total staff (FTE)
- 827
- School counselors (FTE)
- 15.0About 271 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 22.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.4
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 (4,219), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $122.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.5 million
- State revenue
- $16.6 million
- Local revenue
- $104.4 million
- Total spending
- $116.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $27,647
- Salaries
- $62.2 million53.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $31.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 1.2%
- State: 13.6%
- Local: 85.2%
Connecticut overall
- Federal: 5.3%
- State: 35.8%
- Local: 58.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$27,647
Connecticut$25,007
United States$16,826
Schools in New Canaan School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| East School | Elementary | K to 4 | 554 | 11.8 |
| New Canaan High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,257 | 12.3 |
| Saxe Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 1,271 | 10.9 |
| South School | Elementary | K to 4 | 477 | 10.8 |
| West School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 481 | 11.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Western Connecticut Planning Region
- Stamford School District 16,185 students
- Danbury School District 11,956 students
- Norwalk School District 11,473 students
- Greenwich School District 8,465 students
- Westport School District 5,281 students
- Darien School District 4,673 students
- Ridgefield School District 4,484 students
- Newtown School District 3,924 students
- Wilton School District 3,782 students
- New Milford School District 3,532 students
- Bethel School District 3,227 students
- Brookfield School District 2,542 students
- New Fairfield School District 2,123 students
- Weston School District 2,101 students
- Stamford Charter School for Excellence District 543 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.