Ansonia Public Schools

ansonia.org zoominfo.com/c/ansonia-public-schools/6671532 Ansonia Public Schools is a public PK–12 school district in Ansonia, Connecticut (Naugatuck Valley), serving ~2,332–2,404 students across 4 schools with 166 teachers (14.5:1 ratio, avg salary $99K) under Superintendent Dr. Joseph DiBacco. Annual BOE budget is $39.5M (2026-27), spending $19,869 per pupil ($2,185 below CT state average), funded 54% by state aid, 34% local property taxes, and 13% federal. The district faces severe academic challenges: math proficiency at just 12–15% (state: 41%) and reading at 24–25% (state: 51%), ranking it in the bottom 50% of Connecticut districts (1/10 rating). Demographics are high-need — 80% minority enrollment, 63.6% on free/reduced meals, and 23.1% chronic absenteeism. Graduation rate is 85.7% (state: 88.9%), with strong positives in college-prep course-taking (95.7%) and on-track graduation (92.5%). Financially fragile: the city has been a "distressed municipality" since 2010, fund balance