NCES CCD 2024-25 20 schools CT

Best-Resourced Schools in Danbury, CT

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20 public K-12 schools in Danbury from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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20
Schools
12,554
Students
39.9/100
Avg Resource Index
15.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Danbury has more public-school enrollment than 85% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Danbury sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

13 of Danbury's 20 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 3 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 35-point gap between Henry Abbott Technical High School and Dps Early Childhood Center at Granville shows the range hidden by Danbury's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 15%
School count
Top 15%
Resource Index average
45th percentile
Teacher staffing
45th percentile

Danbury High School accounts for 28.8% of all Danbury public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Danbury-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Danbury school enrollment varies 56× across entities

Danbury school enrollment ranges from 65 students (lowest) to 3,612 students (highest), a spread of 3,547 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Danbury student-teacher ratio is 15.8:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Danbury is typically wider than the Danbury-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Henry Abbott Technical High School 50
2. Broadview Middle School 46
3. Western Ct Academy of International Studies Elementary Magne 46
4. Hayestown Avenue School 45
5. Morris Street School 45
6. Great Plain School 45
7. Westside Middle School Academy 43
8. Shelter Rock School 43
9. Stadley Rough School 43
10. Ellsworth Avenue School 42
11. Pembroke School 41
12. King Street Primary School 39
13. Mill Ridge Primary School 39
14. Dps Early Childhood Center 39
15. Park Avenue School 38
16. South Street School 37
17. Danbury High School 36
18. Rogers Park Middle School 34
19. King Street Intermediate School 32
20. Dps Early Childhood Center at Granville 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Danbury

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Western Ct Academy of International Studies Elementary Magne 69.3/100
  2. 2 Mill Ridge Primary School 61.8/100
  3. 3 Great Plain School 60.3/100
  4. 4 Pembroke School 58.4/100
  5. 5 King Street Intermediate School 58.0/100

What do families ask about schools in Danbury?

Which Danbury school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Henry Abbott Technical High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Danbury schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Danbury, CT? ▼

Danbury has 20 public schools with a total enrollment of 12,554 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.