Ellsworth Avenue School

Located at 53 Ellsworth Ave, in Danbury, Connecticut, Ellsworth Avenue School is a mid-sized K-5 school that teaches 492 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Danbury School District. That puts it 30% above the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 378 students.

Danbury School District runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 11,833 students. Ellsworth Avenue School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ellsworth Avenue School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 80% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 10% White, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Ellsworth Avenue School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 62% of students at Ellsworth Avenue School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Western Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 33%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Western Connecticut Planning Region put median household earnings sit near $128,188, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Western Connecticut Planning Region's 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), Ellsworth Avenue School is one campus in the mix.

DPS Early Childhood Center at Granville is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Ellsworth Avenue School's enrollment has grew 4% since 2018, when it stood at 471 (now 492). White enrollment moved from 21% to 10% across the same window.

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