District directory · Connecticut · 2026–27

School districts in Connecticut by county

Connecticut has 168 regular public school districts across 9 planning regions, enrolling 471,251 students in 2024–25. Connecticut children must turn 5 by September 1 to start kindergarten, in every district — see the Connecticut kindergarten cutoff.

The largest is Bridgeport School District in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region (20,022 students). Capitol Planning Region has the most districts, 40. 8 have a full county directory page, linked below; every other district is listed by name in the table.

Connecticut planning regions and their districts

School districts in Connecticut by county, 2026–27
County	Districts	Enrollment (2024–25)	School districts
Capitol Planning Region	40	127,897	All 40 Capitol Planning Region districts →
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	8	48,601	Bridgeport School District, Fairfield School District, Trumbull School District, Stratford School District, Monroe School District, Easton School District, Redding School District, Regional School District 09
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	15	18,840	All 15 Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region districts →
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	16	60,335	All 16 Naugatuck Valley Planning Region districts →
Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	18	11,369	All 18 Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region districts →
Northwest Hills Planning Region	19	12,564	All 19 Northwest Hills Planning Region districts →
South Central Connecticut Planning Region	16	69,790	All 16 South Central Connecticut Planning Region districts →
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	20	33,816	All 20 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region districts →
Western Connecticut Planning Region	16	88,039	All 16 Western Connecticut Planning Region districts →

Which district am I in?

Each district draws its own attendance boundaries, and a district can cross county lines, so the county your home is in narrows it down but does not settle it. The district office or its website can confirm which school serves your address. Kindergarten registration is also handled by the district, not the state.

Sources

District list, grades, school counts and websites: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) LEA Universe Directory, SY 2025-26 (preliminary, v0a), published July 1, 2026. Regular public districts only (NCES LEA types 1 and 2); charter-only, state-run and regional service agencies are not listed.

Enrollment: NCES CCD LEA Membership, SY 2024-25 (v1a), published December 29, 2025 — the newest year NCES has released.

Counties: NCES EDGE Public LEA Geocodes, SY 2024-25 (district office location) and NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files 2025 (grf25_lea_county) (counties each district boundary covers).

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