Schools
Wallingford Public Schools compared with the state, from the Connecticut State Department of Education.
Checked . The Department of Education updates each figure once a year.
Summary
- Graduation rate 92.5% Class of 2025 · State 91.2%
- Chronically absent 11.4% 2025–26 · State 16.4%
- State test, English, grades 3–8 54.7% Spring 2026, met or exceeded · State 51.0%
- State test, math, grades 3–8 50.0% Spring 2026, met or exceeded · State 46.7%
- Spending per pupil $24,427 2024–25 · State $22,721
Graduation rate
Share of students who graduated high school within four years of starting ninth grade.
| Class of | Wallingford | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92.5% | 91.2% |
| 2024 | 90.9% | 88.9% |
| 2023 | 90.5% | 88.4% |
| 2022 | 92.3% | 88.9% |
| 2021 | 94.6% | 89.6% |
The four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate. Source: EdSight, Four-Year Graduation Rates (opens in new tab).
Chronic absenteeism
Share of students who missed 10% or more of the school days they were enrolled, for any reason.
| School year | Wallingford | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 11.4% | 16.4% |
| 2024–25 | 12.5% | 17.2% |
| 2023–24 | 13.0% | 17.7% |
| 2022–23 | 16.7% | 20.0% |
| 2021–22 | 20.4% | 23.7% |
Source: EdSight, Chronic Absenteeism (opens in new tab).
State test results
Share of students in grades 3 to 8 who scored at level 3 or 4 (met or exceeded the achievement standard) on Connecticut's Smarter Balanced tests.
English
| Spring | Wallingford | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54.7% | 51.0% |
| 2025 | 52.4% | 50.3% |
| 2024 | 50.1% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 47.9% | 48.5% |
| 2022 | 50.4% | 49.1% |
Math
| Spring | Wallingford | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50.0% | 46.7% |
| 2025 | 47.5% | 45.9% |
| 2024 | 44.6% | 44.1% |
| 2023 | 40.8% | 42.5% |
| 2022 | 38.1% | 40.0% |
High school juniors take the SAT instead, so they aren't included. Connecticut sets its own achievement levels, so these results can't be compared with other states' tests, such as Massachusetts's MCAS. Source: EdSight, Smarter Balanced Achievement (opens in new tab).
Spending per pupil
What the district spends on its schools for each student, regular and special education together. It leaves out debt, construction, adult education, community services, food services paid for by state or federal funds, and the state's payments to the teachers' retirement fund.
| School year | Wallingford | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | $24,427 | $22,721 |
| 2023–24 | $23,520 | $22,054 |
| 2022–23 | $22,692 | $21,143 |
| 2021–22 | $21,567 | $19,734 |
| 2020–21 | $20,852 | $18,731 |
| 2019–20 | $18,924 | $17,483 |
| 2018–19 | $18,792 | $17,292 |
| 2017–18 | $18,285 | $16,824 |
Per pupil enrolled, including students the district pays to educate elsewhere. Earlier years also counted minor school construction. Source: EdSight, Per Pupil Expenditures by Function (opens in new tab).
All figures as published by the Connecticut State Department of Education (opens in new tab) on EdSight (opens in new tab), its public data portal.