Duggan School

Located at 952 Bank Street, in Waterbury, Connecticut, Duggan School is a mid-sized K-5 school that serves 429 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within Waterbury School District.

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

Demographically, Duggan School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 21% Black, 6% White, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Duggan School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's rate of about 52%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,191 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), Duggan School is one campus in the mix.

B. W. Tinker School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Duggan School.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 510 students in 2018 compared to 429 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 57% to 66% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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