Danbury High School Teachers: How Did Students Rate Them?

DANBURY, CT — There seems to be rankings for everything these days — best schools, best towns, best restaurants and now best (and worst) teachers.

A website called RateMyTeachers.com allows students to let their peers know what they think of their teachers.

According to the website, students from Connecticut submitted more than 257,588 teacher and professor ratings. The average teacher rating in Connecticut is 3.89, which is below the national average of 3.95. Students rated high school teachers on their easiness, helpfulness, clarity, knowledge, textbook use and exam difficulty using a star point system.

Danbury High School ranks 11,037 among all United States institutions on RateMyTeachers.com. Danbury High School's faculty ranks 134 within the state of Connecticut and 3 within Danbury School District. The average teacher score of 3.93-stars ranks 4 compared to the average teacher score of 3.9-stars in the surrounding area of Danbury.
Danbury High School has 2,878 students and 183 teachers that averages a student to teacher ratio of 15.72.

Here is how students ranked their top 5 Danbury High School teachers:

Eric Savoyski, a technology teacher, received 5.0 stars based upon 5 teacher ratings. The average teacher rating at Danbury High School is 3.93 stars. One student said:

"Mr. Savoyski is one of my favorite teachers! His class is very fun and easy if you do your work! He's more than willing to help you and there's no reason anyone should fail his class except for pure laziness! I took both Trans 1 and Trans 2."

Doreen Robbins, a health teacher, had 3 teacher ratings which gave her5.0 stars. One student said, "She's super nicer! Her health class was so fun and easy!"

Margie Gorelick, a special education teacher, got 5 stars for one teacher rating.

"I love her! She is so nice!"

Laura Bald, a physics teacher, received a 5.0 teacher rating.

"Mrs. Bald is an incredible lady, she likes Batman."

Brian Turner, a family and consumer sciences teacher, received a 5 star teacher rating.

"He is a very cool and new culinary teacher!"

Mary Silvestri, an ESL teacher, got a 5 star rating from the 4 teacher ratings students wrote. One student said:

"She's an amazing teacher. She cares for all the students that she has and she makes sure everyone knows the material before they leave the classroom. I love her and the class."

The average teacher rating at Danbury High School is 3.93 stars based on 1,483 teacher ratings.

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