Staples High School

Staples High School is a large high school serving families in Westport, Connecticut. The school serves 1,629 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. The average among high schools in Connecticut is roughly 788 students; this school is 107% above that.

Westport School District counts 8 schools and 5,161 students, including Staples High School.

Staples High School is 76% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 2% Black. In Western Connecticut Planning Region overall, about 61% of residents are White. Staples High School's diversity index is 40%, against a US figure of 70%.

A ratio of 10.7:1 comes from the school's 152.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.3:1 average for high schools in Connecticut. The lunch program counts 3% of students at Staples High School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region, the average eligibility rate is 33%.

Federal survey data for Western Connecticut Planning Region show that the median household income is $128,188, about 56% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Western Connecticut Planning Region is home to 149 public schools and about 90,520 public school students.

The closest other public school is Bedford Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Staples High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Staples High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.

The school enrolled 1,629 students in 2024-25, 174 fewer than the 1,803 it had in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.7:1) than in 2020-21 (11.9:1).

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