Pembroke School

Located at 34 1/2 Pembroke Rd., in Danbury, Connecticut, Pembroke School is a medium-sized primary school that enrolls 376 students (grades K through 5), operated by Danbury School District.

Danbury School District comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 11,833 students; Pembroke School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pembroke School records that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 22% White, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Western Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Western Connecticut Planning Region put median household earnings sit near $128,188, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Pembroke School is one campus in the mix.

Danbury High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pembroke School has ticked up 9%, going from 344 students in 2018 to 376 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 44% to 60% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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