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New Canaan, CT
Public School Ratings




New Canaan Public Schools

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

Methodology:   Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more about Scout's School Data


New Canaan School District details

New Canaan School District
39 Locust Avenue
New Canaan, CT 06840

4,125 Students enrolled in District

5 Schools in District

12 Students Per Classroom (State average is 12)

New Canaan School District School Quality Ratings

District Quality Compared to Connecticut

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.5% of all CT school districts.

District Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.2% of all U.S. school districts.



Public School Test Scores

100 80 60 40 20 0
83%
44%
85%
50%
81%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math

Schools in this District

School Grades
East School
54 Little Brook Rd.
New Canaan, CT, 06840
KG-04
New Canaan High School
11 Farm Rd.
New Canaan, CT, 06840
09-12
Saxe Middle School
468 South Ave.
New Canaan, CT, 06840
05-08
South School
8 Farm Rd.
New Canaan, CT, 06840
KG-04
West School
769 Ponus Ridge
New Canaan, CT, 06840
PK-04

School District Enrollment by Group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 84.9% 50.9%
Black 1.4% 13.1%
Hispanic 6.1% 30.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 7.3% 5.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported 38.9%
Free lunch eligible Unreported 33.0%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported 5.9%

Educational Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,910 $62,651,820 57.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,326 $9,773,852 8.9%
Staff $658 $2,764,916 2.5%
General Administration $460 $1,932,920 1.8%
School Administration $1,278 $5,370,156 4.9%
Operation $2,132 $8,958,664 8.2%
Transportation $1,362 $5,723,124 5.2%
Other $1,348 $5,664,296 5.2%
Total Support $9,565 $40,192,130 36.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,594 $6,697,988 6.1%
Total Expenditures $26,069 $109,541,938 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,350 $6,289,354,313 52.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,560 $794,341,979 6.6%
Staff $747 $380,454,324 3.2%
General Administration $508 $258,766,138 2.1%
School Administration $1,202 $612,149,367 5.1%
Operation $1,796 $914,758,126 7.6%
Transportation $999 $508,915,593 4.2%
Other $727 $370,110,736 3.1%
Total Support $7,539 $3,839,485,142 31.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,782 $1,926,117,044 16.0%
Total Expenditures $23,671 $12,055,038,964 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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