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King Street Intermediate School

Public Grades 4-5
347th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 492 Connecticut Elementary Schools
Better than 29% of Connecticut elementary schools
Summary

King Street Intermediate School is a grades 4–5 elementary school in Danbury, CT, serving 367 students as part of the Danbury School District. The school shares a campus with King Street Primary School, creating a K–5 pathway. King Street Intermediate ranks in the 30th percentile of Connecticut elementary schools (346th of 491), earning a 1-star rating — an improvement from the prior year but still in the bottom third of the state. About half of its students qualify for free/reduced-price lunch, and its student-teacher ratio of 15.7 is higher than most nearby schools.

The most striking pattern is the gap between grade levels. In 2025–2026, 4th-grade ELA proficiency reached 46.3% and math reached 47.8%, close to or above district averages and a dramatic jump from the prior year (29.3% ELA, 33.0% math). However, 5th-grade results remain weak: ELA proficiency was 31.4%, math 25.1%, and science 34.0% — all below district and state averages. The 5th-grade math rate is the lowest among nearby schools, including Hayestown Avenue School (25.7%), Morris Street School (28.6%), and Park Avenue School (31.7%), even though those schools have higher poverty rates. Within the same district, Great Plain School and Western CT Academy of International Studies Elementary Magnet post proficiency rates 20 to 40 points higher in nearly every subject, showing that strong performance is achievable in Danbury.

There are encouraging signs worth noting. Chronic absenteeism has fallen sharply from 26.0% in 2021–2022 to 11.0% in 2025–2026, now below both the district average (14.7%) and the state average (16.4%). Hispanic students ranked in the 64th percentile among Hispanic students statewide, well above the school's overall rank. Students arrive at 4th grade on a reasonable trajectory — 3rd-grade proficiency at King Street Primary School was 44.9% in ELA and 48.3% in math — and 4th-grade results closely match those levels, suggesting the challenge is tied to the 5th-grade experience. With per-student spending of about $12,850 and improved attendance, the pieces are in place for progress, but strengthening 5th-grade outcomes remains the clearest priority.

367
Students ?
15.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$8,367
Per pupil spending ?
49.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 151 South King St.
       Danbury, CT  06811

(203) 797-4761

District: Danbury School District


Students who attend King Street Intermediate School usually attend:

Middle:    Rogers Park Middle School
High:    Danbury High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
59.9%
White:
22.3%
African American:
8.2%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 35th percentile in 2016 → 29th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Connecticut average (37% vs 51% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 6 percentile points since 2016
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school37%
District avg40%
Connecticut avg51%
347th of 492
Connecticut public elementary schools ?
Bottom 29%▼ down 5 pts since 2016
From bottom 35% (2016) to bottom 29% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
6th of 11Elementary Schools in the Danbury School District
134th of 153Danbury School District among Connecticut districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202626.7347 of 49229.5%★☆☆☆☆
202516.6390 of 49320.9%★☆☆☆☆
202418.1377 of 49724.1%★☆☆☆☆
202321.1359 of 49126.9%★☆☆☆☆
202219.0370 of 49024.5%★☆☆☆☆
202126.0390 of 53827.5%★☆☆☆☆
201933.4349 of 52233.1%★★☆☆☆
201839.2326 of 53238.7%★★☆☆☆
201731.1359 of 51930.8%★★☆☆☆
201633.2339 of 51834.6%★★☆☆☆
201540.3360 of 55134.7%★★☆☆☆
201363.7277 of 55750.3%★★★☆☆
201251.3360 of 56436.2%★★☆☆☆
201148.8373 of 56534.0%★★☆☆☆
201056.6337 of 57941.8%★★☆☆☆
200960.0308 of 56645.6%★★☆☆☆
200864.7264 of 56553.3%★★★☆☆
200765.5268 of 56852.8%★★★☆☆
200670.5217 of 57061.9%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202640.111 of 1942.1%★★☆☆☆
202518.76 of 60.0%★★☆☆☆
202356.03 of 650.0%★★★★☆
202139.018 of 3447.1%★★★☆☆
201977.22 of 977.8%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202619.4184 of 22819.3%★☆☆☆☆
202510.7210 of 2329.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.9220 of 2377.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.5211 of 2308.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.1204 of 23412.8%★☆☆☆☆
202123.3338 of 45525.7%★☆☆☆☆
201927.3186 of 24223.1%★☆☆☆☆
201830.9189 of 25927.0%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202648.246 of 13064.6%★★★☆☆
202527.799 of 13225.0%★☆☆☆☆
202429.382 of 11126.1%★☆☆☆☆
202331.180 of 10825.9%★☆☆☆☆
202235.270 of 9929.3%★★☆☆☆
202142.393 of 17346.2%★★☆☆☆
201949.452 of 11253.6%★★★☆☆
201843.456 of 10144.6%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202632.146 of 7034.3%★★☆☆☆
202515.670 of 779.1%★☆☆☆☆
202418.463 of 7010.0%★☆☆☆☆
202327.853 of 7226.4%★☆☆☆☆
202226.457 of 7018.6%★☆☆☆☆
202148.7147 of 30251.3%★★★☆☆
201933.642 of 6030.0%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202617.3192 of 23417.9%★☆☆☆☆
20258.4223 of 2396.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.0215 of 2337.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.5206 of 23110.8%★☆☆☆☆
202210.6212 of 2328.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202120.7347 of 44522.0%★☆☆☆☆
201921.4204 of 24717.4%★☆☆☆☆
201830.2189 of 26227.9%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202224.34 of 40.0%★★★☆☆
202136.0234 of 37136.9%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankConnecticut percentileRating
202627.2209 of 24615.0%★☆☆☆☆
202510.5232 of 2486.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202425.0204 of 25018.4%★☆☆☆☆
202319.9230 of 26212.2%★☆☆☆☆
202212.6239 of 2525.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.1303 of 3277.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201929.0238 of 29519.3%★☆☆☆☆
201824.6244 of 29617.6%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Hispanic (2026)65th percentile+35 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)42nd percentile+13 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)34th percentile+5 vs school
Female (2026)19th percentile-10 vs school
Male (2026)18th percentile-12 vs school
White (2026)15th percentile-14 vs school
Special Education (2022)<1st percentile-24 vs school
By subject vs Connecticut (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts39%-13 vs state
Mathematics37%-12 vs state
Science34%-19 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 367 students attended King Street Intermediate School.

Students who attend King Street Intermediate School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Rogers Park Middle School
High : Danbury High School

King Street Intermediate School ranks 347th of 492 Connecticut elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at King Street Intermediate School are 60% Hispanic, 22% White, 8% African American, 5% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

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Latest Connecticut data All new data »
2024–25 through 2025–26 attendance data & graduation ratesAug 31, 2026
2025–26 NGSS, SAT & SBAC test scoresAug 31, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataApr 2, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataNov 6, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education.

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