Danbury High School

Located at 43 Clapboard Ridge Rd., in Danbury, Connecticut, Danbury High School is a well-populated high school that teaches 3,612 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Danbury School District. That puts it 358% above the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 788 students.

Danbury School District comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 11,833 students; Danbury High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Danbury High School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 23% White, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 230 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.3:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Western Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 33%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Western Connecticut Planning Region indicate median household earnings sit near $128,188, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Western Connecticut Planning Region's 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), Danbury High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Henry Abbott Technical High School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Danbury High School.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Danbury High School has ticked up 16%, going from 3,115 students in 2018 to 3,612 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 46% to 62%.

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