School district · Connecticut
Danbury School District
Danbury School District in Connecticut: 19 public schools with 11,833 students and 14.0 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $20,024 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 11,833
- Students per teacher
- 14.0
- CT 11.5 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $20,024
- CT $25.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 844
- Counselors (FTE)
- 27.0
- Students per counselor
- 438
- CT 297 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 16.6
- Librarians (FTE): 14.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Connecticut's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Connecticut: 50%34%proficient
+3.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 90% of school districts in Connecticut
Median 57% · 185 school districts compared
5,426 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Connecticut: 46%30%proficient
+3.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 80% of school districts in Connecticut
Median 53% · 187 school districts compared
5,422 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 9.2% · $27.7M
- State
- 29% · $88.1M
- Local
- 62% · $185.3M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $14,969
- Support services
- $4,459
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $49M
- Long-term debt
- $0
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DPS Early Childhood Center at GranvilleFree meals for all | Pre-K | 184 | 15.3 | — | — |
DPS Early Childhood CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K–K | 65 | 16.3 | — | — |
Ellsworth Avenue SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 492 | 15.1 | 25% | 33% |
Great Plain SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 271 | 12.9 | 64% | 68% |
Hayestown Avenue SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 450 | 13.6 | 28% | 34% |
King Street Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all | 4–5 | 367 | 15.8 | 29% | 30% |
King Street Primary SchoolFree meals for all | K–3 | 393 | 14.3 | 41% | 63% |
Mill Ridge Primary SchoolFree meals for all | K–3 | 319 | 15.0 | 40% | 53% |
Morris Street SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 340 | 12.2 | 25% | 35% |
Park Avenue SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 562 | 12.9 | 28% | 36% |
Pembroke SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 376 | 13.3 | 27% | 31% |
Shelter Rock SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 527 | 16.3 | 39% | 39% |
South Street SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 372 | 14.3 | 34% | 45% |
Stadley Rough SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 479 | 15.6 | 28% | 28% |
Western CT Academy of International Studies Elementary MagneFree meals for all | K–5 | 330 | 14.3 | 70% | 71% |
Broadview Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,070 | 13.3 | 25% | 13% |
Rogers Park Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 888 | 10.8 | 28% | 17% |
Westside Middle School AcademyFree meals for all | 6–8 | 736 | 16.5 | 47% | 33% |
Danbury High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 3,612 | 15.7 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 63 Beaver Brook Road, Danbury, CT 06810
- Phone
- (203)797-4701
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.