Shelter Rock School

Set in Danbury, Connecticut, Shelter Rock School is a moderately sized elementary school, overseen by Danbury School District. It educates 527 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 39% larger than the state mean of about 378.

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

In terms of who attends, Shelter Rock School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 18% White, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Shelter Rock School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at Shelter Rock School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Western Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 33%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Western Connecticut Planning Region put median household earnings sit near $128,188, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Western Connecticut Planning Region's 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), Shelter Rock School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DPS Early Childhood Center, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shelter Rock School.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Shelter Rock School's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 544 (now 527). Hispanic enrollment moved from 48% to 66% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.