Danbury High School

Danbury High School is a high school located in Danbury, Connecticut, in Western Connecticut Planning Region. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 3,612 students. High schools in Connecticut have about 788 students on average; enrollment here is 358% higher.

Within Danbury School District, Danbury High School is one of 19 schools. The district enrolls 11,833 students.

More than half of enrollment at Danbury High School is Hispanic: 62%. The next largest groups are 23% White, 7% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 42 points above the 21% share among Western Connecticut Planning Region residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.

Danbury High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1, with 230 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in Connecticut average 12.3:1. The school has 55% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region, the average is 33%.

In the surrounding county, Western Connecticut Planning Region, median household income comes to about $128,188, about 56% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 149 public schools and about 90,520 students.

Henry Abbott Technical High School is about 0.9 miles from Danbury High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

In the federal locale system, Danbury High School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

The school grew from 3,340 students in 2020-21 to 3,612 in 2024-25.

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