Daniel Hand High School

Daniel Hand High School is a high school in Madison, Connecticut, according to federal school records. Enrollment stands at 751 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Madison School District is made up of 5 schools with 2,374 students in all.

Roughly 82% of students at Daniel Hand High School are White. Other students are 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, South Central Connecticut Planning Region residents are about 62% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 31%.

With 76.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.8:1. Statewide, high schools in Connecticut average 12.3:1. Roughly 5% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region report 51%.

In the surrounding county, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, median household income comes to about $88,197, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 152, with about 72,909 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Walter C. Polson Middle School, is about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

In the federal locale system, Daniel Hand High School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Daniel Hand High School had a net loss of 203 students, or 21%. By 2024-25, the school had 9.8 students per teacher, compared with 12.2 in 2020-21.

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