{ "specVersion": "0.1", "host": { "name": "Wooden Nutmeg", "description": "Connecticut town budget analysis: every town's adopted budget, taxes, school spending and reserves against inflation, population, neighbouring towns and demographic peers. Every figure traces to a primary source, and every payload behind a chart is downloadable.", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com", "contact": "mailto:john.e.farrell@gmail.com" }, "entries": [ { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:skill:colchester-budget", "displayName": "colchester-budget", "type": "text/markdown", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/.well-known/agent-skills/colchester-budget/SKILL.md", "description": "The deep-dive coverage of Colchester, Connecticut on woodennutmeg.com - an 18-year analysis of the town's own adopted budget books (FY 2007-08 through FY 2024-25) against inflation, population, neighboring towns and demographic peers, plus employee insurance and health-reserve-fund detail, a homeowner tax calculator, a school-consolidation analysis, and a searchable library of 2,899 Board of Education and town source documents. Use when a task concerns Colchester CT town or school budgets, its mill rate or tax bills, its schools, enrollment or staffing, its Board of Education, or when locating a primary Colchester budget or BOE document.", "tags": [ "agent-skill", "connecticut", "municipal-finance" ], "representativeQueries": [ "How should I read woodennutmeg.com's colchester budget data", "What caveats apply to Connecticut town budget figures" ] }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:skill:ct-town-budget-data", "displayName": "ct-town-budget-data", "type": "text/markdown", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ct-town-budget-data/SKILL.md", "description": "How to fetch and read the machine-readable Connecticut town finance datasets published at https://woodennutmeg.com/data/ - plain JSON files, no API key and no rate limit, keyed by town name and covering all 169 CT towns. Covers mill rates, equalized tax rates, adopted budgets, audited spending by function, grand list by property class, the tax-exempt share of assessed property and OPM's economic and grand-list indicators, state aid and Education Cost Sharing, ACS income and households, QCEW employment, CPI-U, rule-based peer sets, and per-town EdSight enrollment and staffing history. Use when pulling Connecticut municipal or school finance numbers, joining town-level series, or checking what a field means, what fiscal year it refers to, or which basis it is on.", "tags": [ "agent-skill", "connecticut", "municipal-finance" ], "representativeQueries": [ "How should I read woodennutmeg.com's ct town budget data data", "What caveats apply to Connecticut town budget figures" ] }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:skill:ct-town-comparison", "displayName": "ct-town-comparison", "type": "text/markdown", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ct-town-comparison/SKILL.md", "description": "The rules for comparing Connecticut towns to each other fairly - which peer groups exist and what each is good and bad at, why a posted mill rate cannot be compared across towns or across a revaluation, how the equalized mill rate fixes that, how revaluation and the motor-vehicle cap distort rates, why per-capita, per-household and per-homeowner readings of the same budget move differently, and how regional school districts break per-pupil comparisons. Use when ranking or benchmarking Connecticut towns on taxes, spending, wealth, debt, reserves or school cost; when choosing a peer group; or when a town-to-town comparison needs a caveat stated.", "tags": [ "agent-skill", "connecticut", "municipal-finance" ], "representativeQueries": [ "How should I read woodennutmeg.com's ct town comparison data", "What caveats apply to Connecticut town budget figures" ] }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:skill:wooden-nutmeg", "displayName": "wooden-nutmeg", "type": "text/markdown", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/.well-known/agent-skills/wooden-nutmeg/SKILL.md", "description": "Explains what woodennutmeg.com is, how its pages and data are laid out, and the editorial rules it publishes under. Wooden Nutmeg is an independent, non-partisan civic data site covering municipal and school finances for all 169 Connecticut towns - adopted budgets, audited spending, mill rates, equalized tax rates, grand lists, state aid, reserves, debt, enrollment and school staffing, every figure traced to a published state or federal source. Use this skill when a task involves Connecticut town budgets, property taxes, mill rates, school spending or town-to-town comparison; when reading, quoting, citing or linking a woodennutmeg.com page; or before using the ct-town-budget-data, ct-town-comparison or colchester-budget skills.", "tags": [ "agent-skill", "connecticut", "municipal-finance" ], "representativeQueries": [ "How should I read woodennutmeg.com's wooden nutmeg data", "What caveats apply to Connecticut town budget figures" ] }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:ct-agriculture", "displayName": "Agricultural land cover and resident industry employment", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/ct_agriculture.json", "description": "Agricultural cover as a share of town land and agriculture/forestry/fishing/hunting as a share of employed residents, with 90% survey intervals. Historical local jobs are a separate measure. Published by CT ECO / UConn / USGS; US Census Bureau; CT DOL historical QCEW; covers QCEW 2013 through ACS 2020-2024. Compiled and served by woodennutmeg.com; the publisher is the source of record.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "municipal-finance", "open-data", "land-and-employment" ], "representativeQueries": [ "Agricultural land cover and resident industry employment for a Connecticut town", "How do Connecticut towns compare on agricultural land and employment", "Agricultural land cover and resident industry employment, ACS 2020-2024", "Where does woodennutmeg.com get its land and employment figures" ], "metadata": { "publisher": "CT ECO / UConn / USGS; US Census Bureau; CT DOL historical QCEW", "publisherLandingPage": "https://maps.cteco.uconn.edu/projects/landcover/cl_nlcd/", "periodsCovered": 4, "earliestPeriod": "QCEW 2013", "latestPeriod": "ACS 2020-2024", "collected": "2026-09-11", "publisherLastUpdated": null, "documentation": "https://woodennutmeg.com/rankings/data-sources.html" } }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:ct-ucoa-town-indicators", "displayName": "Municipal Fiscal Indicators (audited actuals)", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/ct_ucoa_town_indicators.json", "description": "Audited year-end spending, revenue, enrollment, fund balance and bonded debt for every town; also the canonical list of 169 towns every ranking page starts from. Published by CT Office of Policy and Management (dataset ej6f-y2wf); covers FY 2013-14 through FY 2022-23. Compiled and served by woodennutmeg.com; the publisher is the source of record.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "municipal-finance", "open-data", "town-finances" ], "representativeQueries": [ "Municipal Fiscal Indicators (audited actuals) for a Connecticut town", "How do Connecticut towns compare on education spending per student", "Municipal Fiscal Indicators (audited actuals), FY 2022-23", "Where does woodennutmeg.com get its town finances figures" ], "metadata": { "publisher": "CT Office of Policy and Management", "publisherLandingPage": "https://data.ct.gov/d/ej6f-y2wf", "periodsCovered": 10, "earliestPeriod": "FY 2013-14", "latestPeriod": "FY 2022-23", "collected": "2026-08-10", "publisherLastUpdated": "2026-03-03", "documentation": "https://woodennutmeg.com/rankings/data-sources.html" } }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:ct-adopted-budgets", "displayName": "Adopted municipal budgets", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/ct_adopted_budgets.json", "description": "Each town's adopted budget summary: total, education, debt service and state revenue, by budget year. Published by CT Office of Policy and Management (dataset pcg4-s5rc); covers FY 2021-22 through FY 2025-26. Compiled and served by woodennutmeg.com; the publisher is the source of record.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "municipal-finance", "open-data", "town-finances" ], "representativeQueries": [ "Adopted municipal budgets for a Connecticut town", "How do Connecticut towns compare on spending per resident", "Adopted municipal budgets, FY 2025-26", "Where does woodennutmeg.com get its town finances figures" ], "metadata": { "publisher": "CT Office of Policy and Management", "publisherLandingPage": "https://data.ct.gov/d/pcg4-s5rc", "periodsCovered": 5, "earliestPeriod": "FY 2021-22", "latestPeriod": "FY 2025-26", "collected": "2026-08-22", "publisherLastUpdated": null, "documentation": "https://woodennutmeg.com/rankings/data-sources.html" } }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:ct-equalized-rates", "displayName": "Equalized net grand list and tax levy", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/ct_equalized_rates.json", "description": "The market value of every town's taxable property and its total levy, from which the equalized tax rate is computed. Published by CT Office of Policy and Management (dataset 8rr8-a322 + he33-brru); covers FY 2018-19 through FY 2025-26. Compiled and served by woodennutmeg.com; the publisher is the source of record.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "municipal-finance", "open-data", "town-finances" ], "representativeQueries": [ "Equalized net grand list and tax levy for a Connecticut town", "How do Connecticut towns compare on property tax rates", "Equalized net grand list and tax levy, FY 2025-26", "Where does woodennutmeg.com get its town finances figures" ], "metadata": { "publisher": "CT Office of Policy and Management", "publisherLandingPage": "https://data.ct.gov/d/8rr8-a322", "periodsCovered": 8, "earliestPeriod": "FY 2018-19", "latestPeriod": "FY 2025-26", "collected": "2026-09-15", "publisherLastUpdated": "2026-09-04", "documentation": "https://woodennutmeg.com/rankings/data-sources.html" } }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:ct-mill-rates", "displayName": "Mill rates (posted)", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/ct_mill_rates.json", "description": "The nominal rate each town posts for the budget year. Published by CT Office of Policy and Management (dataset emyx-j53e); covers FY 2013-14 through FY 2025-26. Compiled and served by woodennutmeg.com; the publisher is the source of record.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "municipal-finance", "open-data", "town-finances" ], "representativeQueries": [ "Mill rates (posted) for a Connecticut town", "How do Connecticut towns compare on property tax rates", "Mill rates (posted), FY 2025-26", "Where does woodennutmeg.com get its town finances figures" ], "metadata": { "publisher": "CT Office of Policy and Management", "publisherLandingPage": "https://data.ct.gov/d/emyx-j53e", "periodsCovered": 13, "earliestPeriod": "FY 2013-14", "latestPeriod": "FY 2025-26", "collected": "2026-08-22", "publisherLastUpdated": null, "documentation": "https://woodennutmeg.com/rankings/data-sources.html" } }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:ct-grand-list-indicators", "displayName": "Municipal Fiscal Indicators: economic and grand-list data", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/ct_grand_list_indicators.json", "description": "Every town's tax-exempt and total assessed property, from which the tax-exempt share is computed; also OPM's grand list by class, mill rates, ACS income, DPH population and CSDE per-pupil figures, kept for auditing the site's other files rather than charted. The pages read the share from the extract ct_tax_exempt_share.json, written beside this file by the same collector. Published by CT Office of Policy and Management (dataset xgef-f6jp); covers grand list 2020 through grand list 2023. Compiled and served by woodennutmeg.com; the publisher is the source of record.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "municipal-finance", "open-data", "town-finances" ], "representativeQueries": [ "Municipal Fiscal Indicators: economic and grand-list data for a Connecticut town", "How do Connecticut towns compare on property wealth & tax rates", "Municipal Fiscal Indicators: economic and grand-list data, grand list 2023", "Where does woodennutmeg.com get its town finances figures" ], "metadata": { "publisher": "CT Office of Policy and Management", "publisherLandingPage": "https://data.ct.gov/d/xgef-f6jp", "periodsCovered": 4, "earliestPeriod": "grand list 2020", "latestPeriod": "grand list 2023", "collected": "2026-09-15", "publisherLastUpdated": "2026-04-28", "documentation": "https://woodennutmeg.com/rankings/data-sources.html" } }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:ct-statutory-aid", "displayName": "Estimates of statutory aid to municipalities", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/ct_statutory_aid.json", "description": "Every statutory formula grant the state lists for each town, line by line under the state's own program names, with the state's own total as a check on the lines. Published by CT Office of Policy and Management (dataset sdcm-adr4); covers FY 2024-25 through FY 2026-27. Compiled and served by woodennutmeg.com; the publisher is the source of record.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "municipal-finance", "open-data", "town-finances" ], "representativeQueries": [ "Estimates of statutory aid to municipalities for a Connecticut town", "How do Connecticut towns compare on who pays for the schools?", "Estimates of statutory aid to municipalities, FY 2026-27", "Where does woodennutmeg.com get its town finances figures" ], "metadata": { "publisher": "CT Office of Policy and Management", "publisherLandingPage": "https://data.ct.gov/d/sdcm-adr4", "periodsCovered": 3, "earliestPeriod": "FY 2024-25", "latestPeriod": "FY 2026-27", "collected": "2026-09-15", "publisherLastUpdated": "2026-08-25", "documentation": "https://woodennutmeg.com/rankings/data-sources.html" } }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:ct-town-income", "displayName": "American Community Survey 5-year estimates (town)", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/ct_town_income.json", "description": "Median household income, per-capita income, population, median home value and median gross rent for every town. Gross rent includes utilities the renter pays, and is carried with its margin of error. Published by US Census Bureau (dataset ACS B19013, B19301, B01003, B25077, B25064); covers ACS 2021 release through ACS 2024 release. Compiled and served by woodennutmeg.com; the publisher is the source of record.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "municipal-finance", "open-data", "population-and-income" ], "representativeQueries": [ "American Community Survey 5-year estimates (town) for a Connecticut town", "How do Connecticut towns compare on taxes vs. income", "American Community Survey 5-year estimates (town), ACS 2024 release", "Where does woodennutmeg.com get its population and income figures" ], "metadata": { "publisher": "US Census Bureau", "publisherLandingPage": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs", "periodsCovered": 4, "earliestPeriod": "ACS 2021 release", "latestPeriod": "ACS 2024 release", "collected": "2026-09-16", "publisherLastUpdated": null, "documentation": "https://woodennutmeg.com/rankings/data-sources.html" } }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:edsight-resident-town", "displayName": "EdSight Resident Town Dashboard", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/edsight/resident_town.json", "description": "For each town's resident students, by the type of school they attend: enrollment, attendance, chronic absenteeism, Smarter Balanced proficiency and growth, and SAT scores. Published by CT State Department of Education (EdSight) (dataset Resident Town Dashboard); covers 2023-24 school year through 2025-26 school year. Compiled and served by woodennutmeg.com; the publisher is the source of record.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "municipal-finance", "open-data", "school-results" ], "representativeQueries": [ "EdSight Resident Town Dashboard for a Connecticut town", "How do Connecticut towns compare on school results at a glance", "EdSight Resident Town Dashboard, 2025-26 school year", "Where does woodennutmeg.com get its school results figures" ], "metadata": { "publisher": "CT State Department of Education (EdSight)", "publisherLandingPage": "https://public-edsight.ct.gov/overview/resident-town-dashboard", "periodsCovered": 3, "earliestPeriod": "2023-24 school year", "latestPeriod": "2025-26 school year", "collected": "2026-09-04", "publisherLastUpdated": null, "documentation": "https://woodennutmeg.com/rankings/data-sources.html" } }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:edsight-performance-index", "displayName": "EdSight Performance Index", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/edsight/performance_index.json", "description": "Each operating district's ELA and Math Performance Index (0–100), the outcome the demographic regression predicts. Published by CT State Department of Education (EdSight) (dataset PerformanceIndexExport); covers 2014-15 school year through 2025-26 school year. Compiled and served by woodennutmeg.com; the publisher is the source of record.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "municipal-finance", "open-data", "school-results" ], "representativeQueries": [ "EdSight Performance Index for a Connecticut town", "How do Connecticut towns compare on results vs. demographics", "EdSight Performance Index, 2025-26 school year", "Where does woodennutmeg.com get its school results figures" ], "metadata": { "publisher": "CT State Department of Education (EdSight)", "publisherLandingPage": "https://public-edsight.ct.gov/performance/performance-index", "periodsCovered": 10, "earliestPeriod": "2014-15 school year", "latestPeriod": "2025-26 school year", "collected": "2026-09-04", "publisherLastUpdated": null, "documentation": "https://woodennutmeg.com/rankings/data-sources.html" } }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:edsight-growth", "displayName": "EdSight Academic Growth", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/edsight/growth.json", "description": "Each district's average percentage of growth target achieved, grades 4–8; feeds the model behind the residual page and every town's School Results page. Published by CT State Department of Education (EdSight) (dataset GrowthModelExport); covers 2015-16 school year through 2025-26 school year. Compiled and served by woodennutmeg.com; the publisher is the source of record.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "municipal-finance", "open-data", "school-results" ], "representativeQueries": [ "EdSight Academic Growth for a Connecticut town", "How do Connecticut towns compare on results vs. demographics", "EdSight Academic Growth, 2025-26 school year", "Where does woodennutmeg.com get its school results figures" ], "metadata": { "publisher": "CT State Department of Education (EdSight)", "publisherLandingPage": "https://public-edsight.ct.gov/performance/academic-growth", "periodsCovered": 9, "earliestPeriod": "2015-16 school year", "latestPeriod": "2025-26 school year", "collected": "2026-09-04", "publisherLastUpdated": null, "documentation": "https://woodennutmeg.com/rankings/data-sources.html" } }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:edsight-enrollment", "displayName": "EdSight October 1 enrollment", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/edsight/enrollment.json", "description": "Each district's enrollment and its shares of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals, English learners and students with disabilities: three of the six variables in the demographic regression. Published by CT State Department of Education (EdSight) (dataset EnrollmentYearExport); covers 2013-14 school year through 2025-26 school year. Compiled and served by woodennutmeg.com; the publisher is the source of record.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "municipal-finance", "open-data", "school-results" ], "representativeQueries": [ "EdSight October 1 enrollment for a Connecticut town", "How do Connecticut towns compare on results vs. demographics", "EdSight October 1 enrollment, 2025-26 school year", "Where does woodennutmeg.com get its school results figures" ], "metadata": { "publisher": "CT State Department of Education (EdSight)", "publisherLandingPage": "https://public-edsight.ct.gov/students/enrollment-dashboard", "periodsCovered": 13, "earliestPeriod": "2013-14 school year", "latestPeriod": "2025-26 school year", "collected": "2026-09-04", "publisherLastUpdated": null, "documentation": "https://woodennutmeg.com/rankings/data-sources.html" } }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:acs-town-family", "displayName": "American Community Survey 5-year estimates (family circumstances)", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/acs_town_family.json", "description": "Median household income, adults with a bachelor's degree, and children living with one parent, for each district's own Census geography or its towns: the other three regression variables. Published by US Census Bureau (dataset ACS B19013, B15003, B23008, B11003); covers ACS 2021 release through ACS 2024 release. Compiled and served by woodennutmeg.com; the publisher is the source of record.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "municipal-finance", "open-data", "school-results" ], "representativeQueries": [ "American Community Survey 5-year estimates (family circumstances) for a Connecticut town", "How do Connecticut towns compare on results vs. demographics", "American Community Survey 5-year estimates (family circumstances), ACS 2024 release", "Where does woodennutmeg.com get its school results figures" ], "metadata": { "publisher": "US Census Bureau", "publisherLandingPage": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs", "periodsCovered": 4, "earliestPeriod": "ACS 2021 release", "latestPeriod": "ACS 2024 release", "collected": "2026-09-04", "publisherLastUpdated": null, "documentation": "https://woodennutmeg.com/rankings/data-sources.html" } }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:ct-accountability", "displayName": "Next Generation Accountability System", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/ct_accountability.json", "description": "The state's composite accountability index per district; carried in the model as a disclosure-only outcome beside the index residuals. Published by CT State Department of Education, via data.ct.gov (dataset h28j-iix5); covers 2014-15 school year through 2024-25 school year. Compiled and served by woodennutmeg.com; the publisher is the source of record.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "municipal-finance", "open-data", "school-results" ], "representativeQueries": [ "Next Generation Accountability System for a Connecticut town", "How do Connecticut towns compare on results vs. demographics", "Next Generation Accountability System, 2024-25 school year", "Where does woodennutmeg.com get its school results figures" ], "metadata": { "publisher": "CT State Department of Education, via data.ct.gov", "publisherLandingPage": "https://data.ct.gov/d/h28j-iix5", "periodsCovered": 9, "earliestPeriod": "2014-15 school year", "latestPeriod": "2024-25 school year", "collected": "2026-09-04", "publisherLastUpdated": "2026-01-28", "documentation": "https://woodennutmeg.com/rankings/data-sources.html" } }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:edsight-administration", "displayName": "School administration: staffing and administration spending (this site's build)", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/edsight/administration.json", "description": "For every district that operates a town's public schools: administrator, teacher and other staffing counts by assignment-category group over nineteen school years, October 1 enrollment, general and school-based administration spending, and the towns each district serves. Published by Wooden Nutmeg, from CT State Department of Education (EdSight) staffing, enrollment and Education Financial System files (dataset administration.json); covers 2007-08 school year through 2025-26 school year. Compiled and served by woodennutmeg.com; the publisher is the source of record.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "municipal-finance", "open-data", "school-results" ], "representativeQueries": [ "School administration: staffing and administration spending (this site's build) for a Connecticut town", "How do Connecticut towns compare on school administration", "School administration: staffing and administration spending (this site's build), 2025-26 school year", "Where does woodennutmeg.com get its school results figures" ], "metadata": { "publisher": "Wooden Nutmeg, from CT State Department of Education (EdSight) staffing, enrollment and Education Financial System files", "publisherLandingPage": "https://public-edsight.ct.gov/educators/fte-staffing", "periodsCovered": 19, "earliestPeriod": "2007-08 school year", "latestPeriod": "2025-26 school year", "collected": "2026-09-06", "publisherLastUpdated": null, "documentation": "https://woodennutmeg.com/rankings/data-sources.html" } }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:school-performance-page", "displayName": "School performance model (this site's build)", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/school_performance_page.json", "description": "The file the six school-results pages actually read: every district's three-year outcomes, covariates, regression residuals and intervals, and every town's resident-student results by school type, cut from the full model. Published by Wooden Nutmeg, from the EdSight, ACS and OPM files above (dataset school_performance_page.json); covers 2023-24 school year through 2025-26 school year. Compiled and served by woodennutmeg.com; the publisher is the source of record.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "municipal-finance", "open-data", "school-results" ], "representativeQueries": [ "School performance model (this site's build) for a Connecticut town", "How do Connecticut towns compare on school results at a glance", "School performance model (this site's build), 2025-26 school year", "Where does woodennutmeg.com get its school results figures" ], "metadata": { "publisher": "Wooden Nutmeg, from the EdSight, ACS and OPM files above", "publisherLandingPage": "/data/school_performance_model.json", "periodsCovered": 3, "earliestPeriod": "2023-24 school year", "latestPeriod": "2025-26 school year", "collected": "2026-09-04", "publisherLastUpdated": null, "documentation": "https://woodennutmeg.com/rankings/data-sources.html" } }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:dataset:town-data-coverage", "displayName": "Per-town data coverage index", "type": "application/json", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/data/town_data_coverage.json", "description": "Which datasets have been collected for each of the 169 Connecticut towns, and which are still missing, with the years each series covers. Each town's own payloads sit under /data/towns// (ucoa_indicators.json, ucoa_function_detail.json, edsight_history.json, peer_sets.json, sales_history.json); the `slug` field in this file is that path segment.", "tags": [ "connecticut", "open-data", "index" ], "representativeQueries": [ "Which Connecticut towns have complete budget data on woodennutmeg.com", "What data files exist for a given Connecticut town", "Where is the per-town JSON for Colchester CT" ] }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:index:sitemap", "displayName": "Sitemap index", "type": "application/xml", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/sitemap.xml", "description": "Sitemap index pointing at sitemap-pages.xml (the analysis and ranking pages) and sitemap-library.xml (the document transcripts), split so the two can be diagnosed separately.", "tags": [ "sitemap", "index" ], "representativeQueries": [ "List every page on woodennutmeg.com", "Where is the sitemap for woodennutmeg.com" ] }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:doc:how-the-numbers-work", "displayName": "How the numbers work", "type": "text/html", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/how-the-numbers-work.html", "description": "The site's single definition of each term it uses — audited actuals, adopted budget, mill rate, equalized rate, revaluation, grand list, peer groups, medians, per-pupil, ACS estimates, state aid, reserves and debt, staffing counts, jobs, and statewide ranks. Read this before comparing two towns.", "tags": [ "documentation", "methodology" ], "representativeQueries": [ "What is an equalized mill rate", "How does woodennutmeg.com define a peer town", "Why do audited actuals lag the adopted budget" ] }, { "identifier": "urn:air:woodennutmeg.com:doc:chart-catalog", "displayName": "Chart catalog", "type": "text/html", "url": "https://woodennutmeg.com/chart-catalog.html", "description": "Every chart on the shared town pages: what it plots, which payload it reads, and which fields inside it. Generated from the page templates, so it cannot drift from the charts.", "tags": [ "documentation", "inventory" ], "representativeQueries": [ "Which chart on woodennutmeg.com uses which dataset", "What charts exist for a Connecticut town" ] } ] }