Darcey School

Darcey School is a public elementary school run by Cheshire School District in Cheshire, Connecticut. It educates 159 students in pre-K through kindergarten. The school's enrollment is 58% smaller than the 378 average for elementary schools in Connecticut.

The 7 schools of Cheshire School District, including Darcey School, enroll 4,236 students.

Darcey School is 67% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 11% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. The county population is about 64% White, within a few points of the school. Darcey School's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.

The school employs the equivalent of 12.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.1:1. That matches the 12.6:1 average for elementary schools in Connecticut fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 19%. Public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region average 52%.

Across Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, the median household income is $86,191, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Naugatuck Valley Planning Region is home to 121 public schools and about 59,861 public school students.

The shortest distance from Darcey School to another public school is about 1.8 miles, to Rotella Interdistrict Magnet School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).

The school's size has been steady, with 156 students in 2020-21 and 159 in 2024-25.

Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.