Great Plain School

Located at 10 Stadley Rough Rd., in Danbury, Connecticut, Great Plain School is a cozy K-5 school that works with 271 students (grades K through 5), operated by Danbury School District. That puts it 28% leaner than the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 378 students.

Great Plain School is one of 19 schools operated by Danbury School District, a district that teaches 11,833 students overall.

On demographics, Great Plain School reports that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 27% White, 7% Asian, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Great Plain School reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Western Connecticut Planning Region (around 33%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Western Connecticut Planning Region) reports that median household earnings sit near $128,188, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Great Plain School is one of 149 public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students).

The closest other public school is Stadley Rough School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Great Plain School.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Great Plain School has ticked down 8%, going from 294 students in 2018 to 271 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 38% to 27%.

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