Henry Abbott Technical High School

Henry Abbott Technical High School is a mid-sized high school in Danbury, Connecticut, one of the schools in Connecticut Technical Education and Career System. It reports enrollment of 721 students in grades 9 through 12.

Henry Abbott Technical High School is part of Connecticut Technical Education and Career System, where 17 schools serve 11,296 students.

At Henry Abbott Technical High School, 58% of students are Hispanic. It is also 32% White, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Western Connecticut Planning Region is roughly 21% Hispanic. The diversity index for Henry Abbott Technical High School is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

There are about 12.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Henry Abbott Technical High School, which has 56.9. The 12.3:1 average for high schools in Connecticut is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Henry Abbott Technical High School is about 38%.

The school is in Western Connecticut Planning Region, where median household income comes to about $128,188, roughly 56% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Western Connecticut Planning Region's 149 public schools enroll about 90,520 students and include Henry Abbott Technical High School.

Measured in a straight line, Hayestown Avenue School is about 0.2 miles from Henry Abbott Technical High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).

Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 711 in 2020-21, 721 in 2024-25.

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