Irving School

Irving School, an average-sized elementary-level community in Derby, Connecticut, one of the schools within Derby School District, educates 322 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within Derby School District, which oversees 5 schools and 1,289 students, Irving School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Irving School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 22% Black, 18% White, 8% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.2:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Naugatuck Valley Planning Region (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Naugatuck Valley Planning Region) shows that the typical household earns roughly $86,191 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), of which Irving School is one.

Little Raiders University is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Irving School operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 328 students in 2018 compared to 322 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 28% to 18% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.