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Bridgeport, CT public schools

Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Bridgeport School District — federal education data, not a star rating.

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Quick answer

Bridgeport School District is the primary public district for Bridgeport, CT. It enrolls 19,337 students in 36 schools with 1,446 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $21,190 per pupil, 22% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.

Students enrolled
19,337NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
Schools in the district
36Operating school count
Students per teacher
13.4Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
Spending per pupil
$21,190Total current expenditure, FY2020

Who pays for schools in Bridgeport

Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.

Local revenue
22.3%
$90,856,000
State revenue
65.8%
$267,400,000
Federal revenue
11.9%
$48,365,000

Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Bridgeport property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 54 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Reading the Bridgeport numbers

What the 2021-22 NCES and FY2020 Census finance numbers say about this district.

At $21,190 per pupil the district spends 22% more than the $17,320 metro median, outspending 72% of the districts covered. Instruction takes 54 cents of each dollar — $11,535 per student — with the remainder on transport, buildings, food service and administration.

The state carries this district: 65.8% of revenue arrives from CT state aid and only 22.3% is raised locally. Budget swings here follow state formula changes, not local property values. Federal aid contributes 11.9%, near the typical share for a large urban district.

19,337 students across 36 schools averages 537 students per building, and the district is smaller than the typical district covered here (44,998 students). The 13.4:1 student-to-teacher ratio is ordinary for this set of districts (median 15.2:1). It counts all FTE teachers district-wide, so actual class sizes run higher.

What this data covers

Read this before comparing districts.

Figures cover Bridgeport School District (LEAID 0900450) as one unit, not any single school in Bridgeport. Independently authorised charter schools, private schools and regional vocational programs are counted separately by NCES and are not in these totals. Enrollment is the 2021-22 NCES collection; dollars are the FY2020 Census F-33 survey, the latest complete national release. The two years differ, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a live budget line.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data + Census F-33, via Urban Institute Education Data · rates as published for 2021-22 / FY2020

NCES LEAID 0900450. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.