Driggs School

Located at 77 Woodlawn Terrace, in Waterbury, Connecticut, Driggs School is a reasonably sized K-5 school that enrolls 410 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Waterbury School District.

Driggs School is one of 29 schools operated by Waterbury School District, a district that serves 17,123 students overall.

Demographically, Driggs School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 24% Black, 6% White, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the resource side, Driggs School shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Naugatuck Valley Planning Region (around 52%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the area at large, census data for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region shows the typical household earns roughly $86,191 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), of which Driggs School is one.

Brass City Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 24%: 536 students in 2018 compared to 410 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 54% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.