Newtown Public Schools

Newtown Public Schools
Location
4 Fairfield Circle South
Newtown (Fairfield County) Connecticut 06470
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPre-kindergarten to 12[1]
SuperintendentDr. Lorrie Rodrigue[2]
Schools9[1]
Budget$92,130,000 (2012-2013 school year)[1]
NCES District ID0902910[1]
Students and staff
Students5,298[1]
Teachers380.33 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Student–teacher ratio14.63[1]
Other information
Websitewww.newtown.k12.ct.us

Newtown Public Schools is a school district in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of 2013 it contained seven schools, with a total enrollment of 5298,[3] an increase of 1663 since 1994.[4] It comprises 2.64% of Fairfield County (0.53% of the state).[4] Teachers in the school district are paid more than average for the area, which has in the past led to complaints from neighboring districts of staff being poached from them.[5]

In 2012, the district's Sandy Hook Elementary School became the scene of the second deadliest school shooting in U.S history when Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people, 20 of which were children six and seven years old.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Newtown School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "Newtown Public School District". newtown.schooldesk.net. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  3. ^ SM 2012b.
  4. ^ a b MD 1994, p. C—42.
  5. ^ Sperling & Sander 2006, p. 298.