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Danbury School District

Danbury, Connecticut · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

11,956
Students enrolled
19
Public schools
844
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.2:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 271
  • Kindergarten 678
  • Grade 1 899
  • Grade 2 903
  • Grade 3 981
  • Grade 4 932
  • Grade 5 868
  • Grade 6 890
  • Grade 7 915
  • Grade 8 892
  • Grade 9 1,053
  • Grade 10 903
  • Grade 11 872
  • Grade 12 899

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 66%
  • White 19%
  • Black or African American 6%
  • Asian 4%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 6,693 of 11,833 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 45%
  • Reduced-price lunch 11%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$19,673 spent per student on day-to-day operations Connecticut median: $24,991 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $14,619
  • Support services $4,459
  • Other (food service, etc.) $596

Where the money comes from

  • Local 62%
  • State 29%
  • Federal 9%

Total revenue $301.0 milliontotal spending $301.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: Small

Total staff (FTE)

1,787

District office

63 Beaver Brook Road, Danbury CT 06810

County

Fairfield County

Official website

NCES District ID

901020

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About Danbury School District

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Our mission is to develop in all children the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values which will enable them to live a productive and self-fulfilling life and engage in responsible citizenship in an ever-changing global society.
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Public Schools in Danbury School District (21)

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Danbury High School

Danbury, CT · Grades 09–12 · 3,612 students · High

Broadview Middle School

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Rogers Park Middle School

Danbury, CT · Grades 06–08 · 888 students · Middle

Westside Middle School Academy

Danbury, CT · Grades 06–08 · 736 students · Middle

Park Avenue School

Danbury, CT · Grades KG–05 · 562 students · Elementary

Shelter Rock School

Danbury, CT · Grades KG–05 · 527 students · Elementary

Ellsworth Avenue School

Danbury, CT · Grades PK–05 · 492 students · Elementary

Stadley Rough School

Danbury, CT · Grades KG–05 · 479 students · Elementary

Hayestown Avenue School

Danbury, CT · Grades KG–05 · 450 students · Elementary

King Street Primary School

Danbury, CT · Grades KG–03 · 393 students · Elementary

Pembroke School

Danbury, CT · Grades KG–05 · 376 students · Elementary

South Street School

Danbury, CT · Grades KG–05 · 372 students · Elementary

King Street Intermediate School

Danbury, CT · Grades 04–05 · 367 students · Elementary

Morris Street School

Danbury, CT · Grades KG–05 · 340 students · Elementary

Western CT Academy of International Studies Elementary Magne

Danbury, CT · Grades KG–05 · 330 students · Elementary

Mill Ridge Primary School

Danbury, CT · Grades KG–03 · 319 students · Elementary

Great Plain School

Danbury, CT · Grades KG–05 · 271 students · Elementary

DPS Early Childhood Center at Granville

Danbury, CT · Grades PK–PK · 184 students · Prekindergarten

DPS Early Childhood Center

Danbury, CT · Grades PK–KG · 65 students · Elementary

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