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Wallingford School District, CT: schools, enrollment and spending

Wallingford School District runs 12 public schools with 5,241 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.7 students per teacher is 1.6 lower than the Connecticut figure of 12.3.

At a glance

Schools
12
Students
5,241
Teachers (FTE)
492
Students per teacher
10.7
CT: 12.3 · US: 15.3
Address
100 South Turnpike Road, Wallingford, CT 06492
County
South Central Connecticut Planning Region
Locale
Suburb: Large
Grades offered
PK to 12
Agency type
Regular local school district
NCES district ID
0904740
State district ID
CT-1480011
Total staff (FTE)
1,141
School counselors (FTE)
14.0About 374 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE)
18.0
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

Students per teacher compared

This district10.7
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 (5,411), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
Total revenue
$140.2 million
Federal revenue
$3.1 million
State revenue
$42.1 million
Local revenue
$94.9 million
Total spending
$137.0 million
Spending per pupil
$25,311
Salaries
$72.6 million53.0% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year)
$17.4 million

Where revenue came from

  • Federal: 2.2%
  • State: 30.1%
  • Local: 67.7%

Connecticut overall

  • Federal: 5.3%
  • State: 35.8%
  • Local: 58.8%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$25,311
Connecticut$25,007
United States$16,826

Schools in Wallingford School District

By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
Cook Hill SchoolElementaryPK to 235712.3
Dag Hammarskjold Middle SchoolMiddle6 to 859311.0
Evarts C. Stevens SchoolElementaryPK to 230111.1
Highland SchoolElementaryPK to 229212.7
James H. Moran Middle SchoolMiddle6 to 85319.7
Lyman Hall High SchoolHigh9 to 1293610.5
Mark T. Sheehan High SchoolHigh9 to 1267311.2
Mary G. Fritz Elementary School of YalesvilleElementary3 to 526510.6
Moses Y. Beach SchoolElementaryPK to 232612.1
Parker Farms SchoolElementary2 to 526811.2
Pond Hill SchoolElementary3 to 526710.3
Rock Hill SchoolElementary3 to 527810.7

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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.