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Danbury High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
43 Clapboard Ridge Rd.
Danbury, CT 06811
Phone
(203) 797-4803
District
Danbury School District
County
WESTERN CONNECTICUT PLANNING REGION
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
3590
Classroom Teachers
234

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Connecticut

No Data

(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all CT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Danbury High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
No Data
45%
No Data
48%
No Data
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
14
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 1,170 32.6%
Grade 10 937 26.1%
Grade 11 748 20.8%
Grade 12 735 20.5%
Total 3590 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 26.7% 23.3% 49.8%
Black 7.8% 6.9% 13.1%
Hispanic 60.3% 64.5% 31.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.0% 5.1% 5.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 48.1% 48.1% 40.5%
Free lunch eligible 39.9% 40.1% 34.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.1% 8.0% 5.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 86,456 3,626,205
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,057.0 747
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.2% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.8% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.7% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.5% 27.6%
65 OR OLDER 14.8% 17.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 31,692 1,409,807
Single Parent Households With Children 8.9% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 83.4% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 34.0% 41.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 22.8% 27.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.0% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.1% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.7% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.0% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.9% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 6.7% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,245 $136,171,000 67.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $623 $7,541,000 3.7%
Staff $354 $4,284,000 2.1%
General Administration $281 $3,399,000 1.7%
School Administration $563 $6,820,000 3.4%
Operation $997 $12,067,000 5.9%
Transportation $671 $8,128,000 4.0%
Other $576 $6,971,000 3.4%
Total Support $4,064 $49,210,000 24.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,449 $17,544,000 8.6%
Total Expenditures $16,758 $202,925,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,725 $6,534,583,000 52.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,630 $836,790,000 6.7%
Staff $779 $400,100,000 3.2%
General Administration $505 $259,319,000 2.1%
School Administration $1,234 $633,707,000 5.1%
Operation $1,918 $985,042,000 7.9%
Transportation $969 $497,686,000 4.0%
Other $716 $367,425,000 2.9%
Total Support $7,751 $3,980,069,000 31.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,787 $1,944,552,000 15.6%
Total Expenditures $24,263 $12,459,204,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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