Rogers Park Middle School

Rogers Park Middle School, a roomy 6-8 campus in Danbury, Connecticut, run under Danbury School District, enrolls 888 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 521 students each, so Rogers Park Middle School sits 70% larger than that benchmark.

Within Danbury School District, which oversees 19 schools and 11,833 students, Rogers Park Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Rogers Park Middle School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder is composed of 17% White, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Rogers Park Middle School has 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 58% of students at Rogers Park Middle School qualify 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Western Connecticut Planning Region put median household income runs about $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), Rogers Park Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: South Street School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Rogers Park Middle School's enrollment has contracted 5% since 2018, when it stood at 932 (now 888). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 57% to 72%.

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