Darien High School

Darien High School has excellent teachers who are extremely qualified in their subject of expertise. The school helped me with all my accommodations and provided an excellent work environment for me. The school offers a wide range of courses, clubs, and activities.
--Submitted by a student

To the parent who was embarrassed about the spelling and grammar of a "student" posting... You don't suppose it was fake? It isn't the poor spelling as much as the content that arouses suspicion - "it's great, we have no good sports teams" - what student would write that about their school if they are happy about it? Just a thought...
--Submitted by a parent

Great school. The teachers are enthusiastic, and while not all of the students are dedicated to their work, the strict and difficult curriculum forces them to learn and improvise.
--Submitted by a student

They must have a really "defiant" education with out capitilaZation AND run onsentence structure taught so good. ...I am embarrassed that a student posting was so poorly written. Obviously no one edited that entry, Out of the mouths of babes...
--Submitted by a parent

Incredible teaching staff
--Submitted by a student

Brand new physical plant and excellent teaching staff make Darien high School top-notch. In addition to standardized test scores that far exceed national and state averages, DHS offers about 60 AP courses, and the passage rate for those courses is an astonishing 96%. This is an excellent academic institution.
--Submitted by a parent

even though not many of us have spirit for our school, i defiantly know that this school is better than most public schools out there. we always have someone watching over us, and there is always someone to help us when we need it. not only that but the teachers are great and extremely helpful! if you are thinking of moving to darien i defiantly recommend it rather than any other school close by. not many of our sport teams our great either but we sure have a great education and the teachers know what there doing!
--Submitted by a student

Best school in state most likey- wonderful students-grat teachers!

Wealthy area=strong school! I am a relative of two students at Darien high school. I live with these students and have watched them move through the Darien public school system from elementary all the way through high school. There is no doubt that Darien high school is an excellent public school and ideal in hard core academics and athletics. However, I believe that the two boys that I have known have suffered because of the lack of diversity at the school. The lack of diversity is a huge problem in that it allows for ignorant racist attitudes to flourish unacknowledged.

Incredible school, many opportunities offered. Variety of classes, variety of extracurricular activies. Great intellectual challenge overall.
--Submitted by a student