Personal finance website WalletHub has released its report on the Most and Least Equitable School Districts in Connecticut. To find out where school funding is distributed most fairly, WalletHub scored the equitability of each district based on two metrics: average household income and expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools per pupil. 

WalletHub also released rankings for the States with the Most and Least Equitable School Districts. Connecticut ranked as the 13th least equitable overall.  For that report, 12,876 school districts throughout the U.S. were scored based on the same metrics.

Students have experienced a large amount of learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic, and analyst Jill Gonzalez says all parents shouldn't be expected to be able to afford resources to help their children catch up.  She notes that that’s especially true during this period of high inflation.  Gonzalez says all schools should have enough funding for an effective catch-up year, including tutoring resources for students who have fallen behind.

Most & Least Equitable School Districts in Connecticut

Most Equitable                                 Least Equitable
1. Somers School District              157. Redding School District
2. Windsor School District             158. Waterbury School District
3. Regional School District 04       159. Bridgeport School District
4. Litchfield School District            160. Greenwich School District
5. Oxford School District               161. New Canaan School District
6. Preston School District              162. Wilton School District
7. Salem School District                163. Weston School District
8. Barkhamsted School District     164. Sharon School District
9. Bloomfield School District         165. Westport School District
10. Old Saybrook School District  166. Darien School District

https://wallethub.com/edu/most-least-equitable-school-districts-in-connecticut/77060/ 

Rank    District         Score   Expenditures* per Pupil    Income by School District
37.    Brookfield       7.83                $19,333                       $117,292
59.   New Fairfield  14.67              $21,522                       $114,583

78.   Bethel             18.91              $18,555                       $94,973

84.   New Milford    19.93              $18,598                       $93,815

96.   Newtown         25.13             $21,422                       $125,028

143. Danbury          56.17             $15,264                       $73,204

148. Ridgefield        64.58             $23,828                       $152,630

154. Region 9         70.00              $26,577                      $146,200

*for Public Elementary and Secondary Schools