Largest Schools in Connecticut
Connecticut has 1,005 public schools across 197 districts with a total enrollment of 496,912 students. The largest school is Danbury High School in Danbury.
Largest Schools in Connecticut
| # | School | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danbury High School | Danbury | 3,590 |
| 2 | Greenwich High School | Greenwich | 2,668 |
| 3 | New Britain High School | New Britain | 2,331 |
| 4 | Westhill High School | Stamford | 2,265 |
| 5 | Trumbull High School | Trumbull | 2,134 |
| 6 | Stamford High School | Stamford | 2,048 |
| 7 | Norwich Free Academy | Norwich | 2,033 |
| 8 | Southington High School | Southington | 1,945 |
| 9 | Glastonbury High School | Glastonbury | 1,801 |
| 10 | West Haven High School | West Haven | 1,780 |
Largest Districts in Connecticut
| # | District | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridgeport School District | 19,112 |
| 2 | New Haven School District | 18,290 |
| 3 | Waterbury School District | 17,131 |
| 4 | Hartford School District | 15,951 |
| 5 | Stamford School District | 15,640 |
| 6 | Danbury School District | 11,994 |
| 7 | Norwalk School District | 11,405 |
| 8 | Connecticut Technical Education and Career System | 11,183 |
| 9 | Fairfield School District | 9,093 |
| 10 | West Hartford School District | 8,982 |
School data for Connecticut is sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results.
Frequently Asked Questions
The largest public school in Connecticut by enrollment is Danbury High School in Danbury with 3,590 students.
Connecticut has 1,005 public schools across 197 school districts, with a total enrollment of 496,912 students.
All school data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. This includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates.
School data includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates from NCES and EDFacts.
The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.