Regular local school district · Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Plainfield School District, CT: schools, enrollment and spending
Plainfield School District runs 5 public schools with 1,886 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.2 students per teacher is 1.1 lower than the Connecticut figure of 12.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,886
- Teachers (FTE)
- 168
- Students per teacher
- 11.2
- CT: 12.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 234 Shepard Hill Road, Plainfield, CT 06374
- Phone
- (860)564-6403
- County
- Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0903270
- State district ID
- CT-1090011
- Total staff (FTE)
- 354
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 236 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.2
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 (1,995), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $45.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.7 million
- State revenue
- $21.6 million
- Local revenue
- $21.4 million
- Total spending
- $44.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,411
- Salaries
- $21.5 million48.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.0%
- State: 47.3%
- Local: 46.8%
Connecticut overall
- Federal: 5.3%
- State: 35.8%
- Local: 58.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,411
Connecticut$25,007
United States$16,826
Schools in Plainfield School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Moosup Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 3 | 252 | 12.0 |
| Plainfield Central School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 422 | 10.0 |
| Plainfield High School | High | 9 to 12 | 515 | 10.3 |
| Plainfield Memorial School | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 291 | 12.1 |
| Shepard Hill Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 3 | 392 | 13.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
- Killingly School District 2,392 students
- Putnam School District 1,176 students
- The Woodstock Academy District 1,022 students
- Brooklyn School District 852 students
- Thompson School District 826 students
- Woodstock School District 756 students
- Canterbury School District 512 students
- Eastern Connecticut Regional Educational Service Center (EAS 367 students
- Ashford School District 351 students
- Pomfret School District 333 students
- Sterling School District 310 students
- Voluntown School District 217 students
- Regional School District 11 194 students
- Eastford School District 173 students
- Chaplin School District 150 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.