Danbury
CREC Doubled While Hartford Emptied
In 2011, Hartford enrolled 21,365 students, more than any other district in Connecticut. The Capitol Region Education Council, which operates interdistrict magnet schools across the Hartford area unde...
Danbury Grew 7% While Connecticut Shrank
Connecticut lost 66,739 students between 2010-11 and 2025-26, an 11.8% decline that touched 163 of the state's 184 districts. Danbury gained 756.
Connecticut Lost 10,640 Students in a Single Year
A year ago, Connecticut's enrollment numbers offered a rare reason for optimism. After 12 consecutive years of decline, the state added 18,643 students in 2024, the only growth year since 2011. Superi...
Connecticut's English Learners Nearly Doubled, Then Vanished
For 15 years, English learner enrollment was the one number in Connecticut that moved in the right direction. While the state shed 66,739 students between 2010-11 and 2025-26, a loss of 11.8%, its Eng...
Connecticut Lost 124,518 White Students in 15 Years
In 2010-11, three out of five students in Connecticut public schools were white. Fifteen years later, white students are a minority. The state lost 124,518 white students over that span, a 35.9% decli...
Connecticut Falls Below 500,000 Students for First Time in a Generation
For 12 straight years, from 2012 through 2023, Connecticut's public school enrollment fell. Then, in 2023-24, something unexpected happened: the state added 18,643 students in a single year, a 3.8% ju...